However, it is time for people wake up and realize this IS a religious war. One-sided, but still a religious war. It is not a war of Christians vs. Muslims, it’s a war of radical, Islamic, jihadists vs. anyone and everyone (including athiests & agnostics) who doesn’t believe and worship as they do.

If we called Nidal Malik Hasan (I can’t bring myself to continue using the same title my father achieved in the USAF as a fighter pilot in WWII) a Nazi, a skinhead, a Satanist, or a cold-war era Russian spy would that have made a difference? Would we allow people from those groups to infiltrate our military? Would the FBI still have to worry about being politically correct?

Some things are just plain wrong, no matter what name you attach to them. Anyone can espouse some ridiculous ideology and call it a religion, but those people should not be exempt from prosecution because they choose to hide their evil behind the name of a legitimate religion.

Let’s say I called myself a (take your pick ~ Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran), found a few verses in the Bible that I could twist around to fit my warped version of the truth, went to my local Walmart today and started shooting employees because I believe that Walmart is “The Great Satan,” would there really be anyone who would worry about being “politically correct” about the nut-job who shot up the Walmart?

It doesn’t matter what you call Hasan. He brutally murdered 13 of our soldiers in cold blood and deserves to die. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, but hasn’t video become a standard in proof? And how many eyewitnesses do you need before you can just conclude that he is guilty?

This wasn’t some intricate financial scam that stretched out over years, it wasn’t a drug dealer operating in the shadows, it was a violent, brutal, massacre in a public building with hundreds of witnesses. He wasn’t a fugitive who fled the scene where there might be some question later about his identity; he was gunned down at the scene by a brave police officer. There really isn’t any question about his guilt, now we just have to play the legal game.

What does matter is that we cannot let this happen again. Both Mr. Alexander & Mr. Baldrige are correct in saying that we must put aside our political correctness and realize that we have enemies that we cannot and will never be able to negotiate a peaceful settlement with.

One of my favorite ways of explaining why people choose to become soldiers, police officers, firefighters, or other professions that confront evil is using a letter by Charles Grennel titled “Sheep, Wolves, & Sheepdogs.”

(http://www.conservativerepublican.us/CR_Sheep.htm)

I don’t think the sheep realize how close the wolf is. It is time to let our sheepdogs loose to do what they do best.

I had lunch with some older gentlemen last week and proudly announced my role with the Republican party. Apparently some lifelong Democrats were seated at the table, including a former county judge. Someone quickly announced that politics and religion were taboo topics so that no one’s cage gets rattled.

I was compelled to retort that I did not hold it against anyone for being on the wrong side of the dire issues that face our country and a liberal mindset that threatens all our freedoms. Besides, I respect a priest or pastor more than I do a old, cantankerous judge.

There has been a lot of news coverage the past week of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and the vicious domestic terrorist attack he perpetrated on unarmed U.S. soldiers at Fort Hood.

To fear the anticipation of hurting someone’s feelings is the heart of political correctness. Why are we reluctant to disparage militant extremist Moslems like Maj. Hasan and countless others? Though Maj. Hasan is an American, he is not free from harsh criticism and a thorough investigation based on the sinister comments he allegedly made prior to committing his act of domestic terror.

Welcome to the court of public opinion where I say he is guilty as sin and should be put to death immediately — not as a martyr but as a poster boy for craven cowardice around the world.