These six officers are being unjustly targeted. I am sure they did pass up opportunities to do something about Nidal Hasan before he became a jihad murderer, but they were acting in conformity with the prevailing culture of the U.S. Military at this time. In fact, if they had reported Hasan, they would have risked the wrath of their superiors and CAIR, and they probably knew it. These officers should not be disciplined absent a thorough reevaluation and rejection of the dhimmi multiculturalism that allows jihadis into the ranks in the first place.
“Six Faulted Over Fort Hood: Military to Discipline Officers for Failing to Report Views of Suspect in Texas Shootings,” by Yochi J. Dreazen for the Wall Street Journal, February 9:
The military will formally discipline at least six officers, mostly from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, for failing to take action against the officer accused of carrying out last year’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, according to people familiar with the matter.
Senior Army officials said the decision to punish so many officers reflects the military’s belief that the November assault, which killed 13 people at the Army base in central Texas, could have been prevented if Maj. Nidal Hasan’s superiors had alerted authorities to his increasing Islamist radicalization….