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		<title>By: UltimaRatioReg</title>
		<link>http://blog.usni.org/2009/11/07/cowardice-not-blindness/comment-page-2/#comment-230983</link>
		<dc:creator>UltimaRatioReg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doloris,

It takes us to where more and more light is shed on the discriminatory and likely illegal practices of the &quot;diversity bullies&quot; who are pushing a social/political agenda instead of leading their respective armed forces, and ensuring they are ready for war.  

It leaves us with bald-faced politicians instead of Generals (Casey) and Admirals (Roughead) in charge of the Army and the Navy, respectively, when neither of them should be allowed to remain in the uniforms they have disgraced.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doloris,</p>
<p>It takes us to where more and more light is shed on the discriminatory and likely illegal practices of the &#8220;diversity bullies&#8221; who are pushing a social/political agenda instead of leading their respective armed forces, and ensuring they are ready for war.  </p>
<p>It leaves us with bald-faced politicians instead of Generals (Casey) and Admirals (Roughead) in charge of the Army and the Navy, respectively, when neither of them should be allowed to remain in the uniforms they have disgraced.</p>
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		<title>By: Doloris Berdar</title>
		<link>http://blog.usni.org/2009/11/07/cowardice-not-blindness/comment-page-2/#comment-230963</link>
		<dc:creator>Doloris Berdar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand that but where does it take us?
What’s the speed of dark? :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand that but where does it take us?<br />
What’s the speed of dark? <img src='http://blog.usni.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Fouled Anchor</title>
		<link>http://blog.usni.org/2009/11/07/cowardice-not-blindness/comment-page-2/#comment-173434</link>
		<dc:creator>Fouled Anchor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting national poll on whether political corectness caused the tragedy at Ft. Hood.  Summary of the results available here:  
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/20/fox-news-poll-mixed-views-calling-ft-hood-shooting-act-terrorism/

&quot;Americans think the main reason these people kept silent was political correctness: 46 percent think Hasan&#039;s co-workers did nothing, even though they thought something was wrong, because they feared being accused of prejudice against his religion. Some 38 percent say people kept silent because they didn&#039;t think he was that dangerous (38 percent).&quot;

Full report available here:  http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/112009_FortHoodPoll.pdf</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting national poll on whether political corectness caused the tragedy at Ft. Hood.  Summary of the results available here:<br />
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/20/fox-news-poll-mixed-views-calling-ft-hood-shooting-act-terrorism/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/20/fox-news-poll-mixed-views-calling-ft-hood-shooting-act-terrorism/</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Americans think the main reason these people kept silent was political correctness: 46 percent think Hasan&#8217;s co-workers did nothing, even though they thought something was wrong, because they feared being accused of prejudice against his religion. Some 38 percent say people kept silent because they didn&#8217;t think he was that dangerous (38 percent).&#8221;</p>
<p>Full report available here:  <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/112009_FortHoodPoll.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/112009_FortHoodPoll.pdf</a></p>
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		<title>By: Grandpa Bluewater</title>
		<link>http://blog.usni.org/2009/11/07/cowardice-not-blindness/comment-page-2/#comment-170261</link>
		<dc:creator>Grandpa Bluewater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Russ:

Big 10-4.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russ:</p>
<p>Big 10-4.</p>
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		<title>By: Grandpa Bluewater</title>
		<link>http://blog.usni.org/2009/11/07/cowardice-not-blindness/comment-page-2/#comment-170259</link>
		<dc:creator>Grandpa Bluewater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>URR:

We don&#039;t part very far on this one. Almost certainly jihadi. Still, probability of .0001 means there is a possibility, albeit microscopic.

The problem is that when somebody is a jihadi due to incurable insanity or religious fervor, how do you tell which? After a certain point, it doesn&#039;t matter, just do your duty. 

My point was weeding out, properly done, may wind up the biggest favor you ever did the individual who was plucked. Once again, duty, while painful at times, is the best course in the long run.

My original recommendation stands: try for treason, upon conviction after fair trial, execute.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>URR:</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t part very far on this one. Almost certainly jihadi. Still, probability of .0001 means there is a possibility, albeit microscopic.</p>
<p>The problem is that when somebody is a jihadi due to incurable insanity or religious fervor, how do you tell which? After a certain point, it doesn&#8217;t matter, just do your duty. </p>
<p>My point was weeding out, properly done, may wind up the biggest favor you ever did the individual who was plucked. Once again, duty, while painful at times, is the best course in the long run.</p>
<p>My original recommendation stands: try for treason, upon conviction after fair trial, execute.</p>
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		<title>By: Russ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course by UCMN I mean UCMJ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course by UCMN I mean UCMJ</p>
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		<title>By: Russ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember my oath.  I vowed that I would &quot;Bear true faith and allegiance to the (Constitution)&quot;

I am a common Sailor, and I am really not fluent with the UCMN specifics, but it seems to me that the Officers in HIS chain of command failed.  I don&#039;t know specifically WHERE, WHY or HOW they failed, but the evidence of their failure is painfully obvious.  

So yes, no matter where their failure was, I believe they are culpable for their actions.  They knew SOMETHING and they didn&#039;t intervene.  We teach Enlisted leaders something called &quot;Intrusive Leadership.&quot;  Somebody should have intruded into this dudes business.  

I believe that the Senior Leadership failed to bear true faith to defend against all enemies and they also failed to keep faith with the sons and daughters of this nation.  They deserve better.  They did not deserve to be sacrificed on the alter of diversity, or ennui, or whatEVER the hell fogged their eyes.

This, of course, is not a new failure on the part of our Senior Leadership.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember my oath.  I vowed that I would &#8220;Bear true faith and allegiance to the (Constitution)&#8221;</p>
<p>I am a common Sailor, and I am really not fluent with the UCMN specifics, but it seems to me that the Officers in HIS chain of command failed.  I don&#8217;t know specifically WHERE, WHY or HOW they failed, but the evidence of their failure is painfully obvious.  </p>
<p>So yes, no matter where their failure was, I believe they are culpable for their actions.  They knew SOMETHING and they didn&#8217;t intervene.  We teach Enlisted leaders something called &#8220;Intrusive Leadership.&#8221;  Somebody should have intruded into this dudes business.  </p>
<p>I believe that the Senior Leadership failed to bear true faith to defend against all enemies and they also failed to keep faith with the sons and daughters of this nation.  They deserve better.  They did not deserve to be sacrificed on the alter of diversity, or ennui, or whatEVER the hell fogged their eyes.</p>
<p>This, of course, is not a new failure on the part of our Senior Leadership.</p>
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		<title>By: Byron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Byron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And now you officers have heard from the mess decks. Read and heed, you flags, the young man speaks the absolute truth.</description>
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		<title>By: Southern Air Pirate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Southern Air Pirate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am going to make a minor bow toward diversity with regards to this debate. Having grown up being taught my own family history going back to relatives that left Bismarck&#039;s Prussian Wars only to get involved in the War Between the States and later wars in this nations history. At various times I was taught it was wrong to paint with a broad brush ethnic types. In my father&#039;s home town in Illinois a German man was lynched in some WW1 Anti-Germanic hysteria. Cause of that members of my family changed their Christian name from a distinct German name to a more anglicized Anglo-Saxony name as a way to hide from the hatred. Numerous other Germans in the town did the same. My maternal grandfather was denied entry into a couple of special programs in the Navy because a relative had contributed some money to the German-American Bund prior to WW2, the only reason was that the relative had donated was the support of family that still lived in Germany. It was until later that the family found out the truth behind the Bund. The FBI ruled my grandfather a security risk, so he spent the war from 1943 to 1946 as an AMM at NAS Corpus Christi working on N2S&#039;s. 
I am also going to say that in numerous places through out the nation during the early part of the 20th Century to do anything in politics or even be considered a upstanding member of some communities, people had joined the Klan. So guilty by association to certain groups doesn&#039;t always mean they are guilty of the same crimes.

That being said when my great grandparents came to this country they made it their effort to assimilate themselves into the community. My grandfather and great uncle both remember that my great grandfather was an active member of the auxiliary fire squad and made sure that even though German was spoken from time to time in the house that everyone family learned English. Everyone in the family was active in some fraternal organization such as the Rotary, Lions, Knights of Columbus, Legion, etc. Basically they made their identity that of being an American. 
If there are people who can&#039;t separate that aspects of their culture is wrong here in the United States of America then they need to change, not the nation. If there are those whose religion dictates the word of God is higher then the community standard, then they need to take a critical look at the word and the teacher of that word. Those who cover their eyes to atrocities and don&#039;t believe that when someone speaks evil actually has evil in their heart because of fear from backlash, need to grow a backbone; leadership is doing what is right not politically expedient or correct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am going to make a minor bow toward diversity with regards to this debate. Having grown up being taught my own family history going back to relatives that left Bismarck&#8217;s Prussian Wars only to get involved in the War Between the States and later wars in this nations history. At various times I was taught it was wrong to paint with a broad brush ethnic types. In my father&#8217;s home town in Illinois a German man was lynched in some WW1 Anti-Germanic hysteria. Cause of that members of my family changed their Christian name from a distinct German name to a more anglicized Anglo-Saxony name as a way to hide from the hatred. Numerous other Germans in the town did the same. My maternal grandfather was denied entry into a couple of special programs in the Navy because a relative had contributed some money to the German-American Bund prior to WW2, the only reason was that the relative had donated was the support of family that still lived in Germany. It was until later that the family found out the truth behind the Bund. The FBI ruled my grandfather a security risk, so he spent the war from 1943 to 1946 as an AMM at NAS Corpus Christi working on N2S&#8217;s.<br />
I am also going to say that in numerous places through out the nation during the early part of the 20th Century to do anything in politics or even be considered a upstanding member of some communities, people had joined the Klan. So guilty by association to certain groups doesn&#8217;t always mean they are guilty of the same crimes.</p>
<p>That being said when my great grandparents came to this country they made it their effort to assimilate themselves into the community. My grandfather and great uncle both remember that my great grandfather was an active member of the auxiliary fire squad and made sure that even though German was spoken from time to time in the house that everyone family learned English. Everyone in the family was active in some fraternal organization such as the Rotary, Lions, Knights of Columbus, Legion, etc. Basically they made their identity that of being an American.<br />
If there are people who can&#8217;t separate that aspects of their culture is wrong here in the United States of America then they need to change, not the nation. If there are those whose religion dictates the word of God is higher then the community standard, then they need to take a critical look at the word and the teacher of that word. Those who cover their eyes to atrocities and don&#8217;t believe that when someone speaks evil actually has evil in their heart because of fear from backlash, need to grow a backbone; leadership is doing what is right not politically expedient or correct.</p>
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		<title>By: UltimaRatioReg</title>
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		<dc:creator>UltimaRatioReg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps most telling from the article above:

&quot;Finnell recalled Hasan telling his classmates and professors, &#039;I&#039;m a Muslim first and I hold the Shariah, the Islamic Law, before the United States Constitution.&#039;&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps most telling from the article above:</p>
<p>&#8220;Finnell recalled Hasan telling his classmates and professors, &#8216;I&#8217;m a Muslim first and I hold the Shariah, the Islamic Law, before the United States Constitution.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
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