The team, including me, did not put up an article due to the tragedy that has happened at Fort Hood. I have personally served there and I am sincerely affected by this. If this happened years ago, people I know and me could be dead today.

One of the most difficult thing about this is that we are shot dead by one of us. That is really a double blow. Major Nidal Malik Hasan guy was not a person of lower rank (like me). He was a freaking Major. He entered the service via the medical route, not by the tougher mean courses like most other Officers go through.

Why? Why did he did it? Is it purely hate? Is it due to Imams in America that spread hate like Keith Olbermann and Rush Limbaugh do? Is it due to overseas influence, that has caused radicalism to seep to the person that should be amongst the most patriotic in our country? Or was it something personal. I really question this.

And even in this the crazy conservatives and loony liberals want to take sides. It is almost as if they are playing with our lives for sake of their games. Governor Jesse Ventura said it best. They are all just interested to keep their jobs, rather than to take our stand.

The far right with loons like Michelle Malkin and Debbie Schlussel went all out berating an entire religion. They start stoking the nonsense that is Islamo-phobia. If we allow a religion to be targeted today, tomorrow it could be my religion, your religion or atheists. These people are stoking hate which is no different to Nazi Germany propaganda against the Jews.

At the same time, the far left continues to ignore the fact that America does have a problem with the radicalization of Islam. Add that to the surging radicalism of Christian sects, it is a mixture that is going to lead to explosive disaster.

I think that the problem is not with the Koran or the teaching of Islam, I think it is the mentality of general Muslim thought is the problem. I feel that Muslim leaders are overtly sensitive to criticism of Islam and I think they feel that Islam is being attacked. That is why they react so strongly to a cartoon that went too far, while they say nothing about the Beslan massacre or 9/11. This is the heart of the problem and it must be solved.

I would also like to add that I agree that this may not be the top priority of Americans. I understand that there are many things out there that trouble some Americans more, like the shooting in Orlando, Florida that took place recently. But I hope that the readers understand that this has a personal touch for me.

We also would like to send our condolences to people that are victims of such a great crime.

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