Congress renews push for Fort Hood “terrrorism” label
ROS sends us a link to a Washington Times article about some members of Congress who plan to introduce legislation to change the classification of the terrorist acts of convicted murderer Nidal Hasan from “workplace violence”;
The bill’s co-authors, Texas Republicans Reps. John R. Carter and Roger Williams, said that they plan to introduce the “Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act” as soon as Congress returns to Washington next week. They announced the bill in Texas on Monday with Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who is introducing a companion bill in the Senate.
And they’ve already won support from outside their home state, with Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican, saying Tuesday he’ll sign onto the bill.
“This was a terrorist attack, this was not workplace violence. To call it workplace violence is a form of political correctness gone awry,” Mr. Wolf said.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Terror War
IMO, it’s horse-shit they’ve waited so long to take a stand on this, and just now getting around to calling it what it is.
If it’s bipartisan, the bill will have a gazillion sponsors, both Dems and Reps. It won’t, I’m guessing. You see, it’s more important that obama save face–and not be embarrassed by having Congress legally reverse what he has already pronounced, than it is to right a wrong. Mark my words. This will be portrayed by Dems as kickin’ the emperor when he’s down’ (referring to his asskicking regarding Syria.
Oh, it will be too much of a distraction for bodaprez to NOT sign it, if he even actually signs anything at all. (Remember that scene in “Dave”, where Frank Langella is stamping “VETO” on bills and signing them?)
Want your blood to boil? Read the comments under that article. And do you think he will step up and say “Maybe I was wrong”?
IF Hasan had been a Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Mennonite or Catholic there is no doubt this administration would have immediately labeled as terrorism. Since it was a moozie the administration is covering for it. Worse, the military leaders have just sat there.
@1: I agree with your thoughts on the matter. The very instant the Administration called this “workplace violence”, Congress should have challenged it.
Well, duh.