It also appears that Hasan wrote approvingly of suicide attacks in blog entries and that he even compared suicide bombers' actions to those of soldiers who have saved their comrades' lives by throwing themselves on live grenades. We know that many of his Walter Reed colleagues were shocked when he chose a medical seminar to warn "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims."
The biggest question that remains is not Hasan's motivation, but the government's. Why is it that counterterrorism investigators and the Army were so eager to dismiss suspicion of Hasan when his actions clearly warranted a high-priority, full-fledged investigation? Were Hasan's colleagues discouraged from reporting his suspect activities because they feared retaliation from military brass in the name of protecting "diversity"? Surely, Casey's own words are fair warning to anyone in the military that they should tread lightly in ever questioning the activities of any Muslim in uniform.
But Casey's outrageous statements are more likely to encourage prejudice than quell it. The military must honestly and forthrightly assess the views of Muslim soldiers to determine whether they are compatible with military service. If we can't be assured that the military is doing its job to ensure that extremists do not infiltrate our armed forces, then every Muslim automatically comes under suspicion.
Like so much of the "diversity" agenda, holding individuals to a different standard of behavior based on their race, ethnicity -- and in this case, religion -- reinforces the idea that they are inherently different from everyone else. We aren't protecting such individuals; we're reinforcing the idea that we don't expect the same from them as we do others.
Some 3,500 Muslims now serve in the U.S. military. The overwhelming majority of them are loyal Americans who see no conflict between their personal religious duty and service to their country. But there can no place in our military for those persons of any faith who do.
America has now seen the horrors of what "diversity at any cost" can lead to.