Posted by
Diocuore on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:51:18 PM
“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” --Alexis de Tocqueville
American’s tragic flaw is our unbridled fairness. That inherent fairness has been corrupted by the cancer of political correctness to the point we put our selves at risk rather than create even the perception of prejudice.
Sometime after the VOLAR (all Volunteer) Army, the military veered from the “yes sir, yes sir three bags full” blind adherence to all orders to the concept of refusing “unlawful orders” and that was ostensibly a good thing. However, the uniformed services does not set or get to pick and choose foreign policy. The civilian leadership sets foreign policy…the U.S. military enforces it…with a big honking combined arms stick.
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (retired) has been one of the rare pundits with the stones to target the “culture of political correctness” in leadership of the military. In at least two interviews on Fox, Peters (correctly) blamed the culture of political correctness for the Army’s diffidence to take action against Hasan in the wake of knowledge of the problem.
There are established mechanisms for dealing with matters of deep conscience short of killing those one might think disagree with in principle. However, it is not prejudice to discriminate based on threat facts in evidence. Refusal to act judiciously for fear of a tainted perception is just plain dumb...
• It is not racial profiling to suspect young black men in high crime areas where the preponderance of crime is committed by young black men.• It is not racial profiling to target young Hispanic men in high crime areas where the preponderance of crime is committed by young Hispanic men.• It is not Islamaphobia to suspect Muslims who act and speak anti-American vitriol.
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Notwithstanding the articulated fears of the Army Chief of Staff and the Secretary of Homeland Security, the case of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was an epic mistake. A mistake founded on political correctness and sustained by diffidence that cost the lives of innocents. http://www.newswithviews.com/metcalf/metcalf298.htm