U.S. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate, called last week's shooting at Fort Hood "an act of terror" during a speech at the University of Louisville Wednesday morning.So yes, based on the ironclad facts of Hasan's motive which President McCain knows, let's have a pogrom where we go after Muslims in the military.He called for swift disclosure of questionable behavior at military bases. Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed in a shooting rampage at the Texas base last week, and the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and wounded.
"This may sound a little harsh, but I think we ought to make sure that political correctness never impedes national security," McCain said at U of L, where he was speaking at an event honoring U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "There were signs this individual had some very disturbing behavior patterns that should have been alerted to the proper authorities."
McCain, who gave an 11-minute address about Veterans Day, took questions from the audience of about 2,000. He told the crowd that President Barack Obama needs to make his decision about the military strategy in Afghanistan soon and criticized Democrats for not being more transparent with their negotiations over the health care overhaul bill, which the U.S. House sent to the Senate over the weekend.
That's a great idea. The funny thing is that if McCain was President, he would be saying the exact thing Obama would be saying: that we need all the facts before we jump to conclusions and that there are soldiers of all faiths and creeds that serve this country to the utmost of their capacity on a daily basis in order to keep us safe.
But hey, let's just attack Obama.
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