“For the building in which this horrific event took place just to be wiped off the map before we have a say in what’s done with it seems like another slap in the face.” Platoni is right: this is just another manifestation of the all-pervasive denial of the reality of jihad. They are pretending this jihad attack did not happen. Instead of acknowledging the murders realistically and redoubling our determination to resist jihad, U.S. officials have consistently dissembled and pretended that Nidal Hasan had motives other than the ones he repeatedly stated. And one thing is certain: whatever memorial is constructed there will say nothing whatsoever about why Hasan murdered these people — as if a Pearl Harbor memorial said, “Random airplane pilots spontaneously and for no discernible reason decided to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.”
“Fort Hood tears down site of 2009 massacre,” by Nomaan Merchant for the Associated Press, February 18 (thanks to Darcy):
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas Army post has razed the building where a former psychiatrist carried out one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, with plans to put up trees and a memorial in its place.
Fort Hood officials said Tuesday that they have torn down Building 42003, the site of a 2009 massacre that left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded.
The building was part of a processing center complex for soldiers deploying and returning from combat. On Nov. 5, 2009, then-Maj. Nidal Hasan carried two weapons inside, shouted “Allahu Akbar!” — “God is great” in Arabic — and opened fire on soldiers waiting for vaccines and paperwork.
As soldiers and civilians tried to take cover, Hasan walked through the building, targeting anyone in a green Army uniform. He left pools of blood and spent ammunition in his wake. He was eventually confronted outside the building by Fort Hood police officers, who shot him and paralyzed him from the waist down.
Hasan was convicted in August of charges related to the massacre and sentenced to death. He is on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., while his case goes through a review at Fort Hood before it enters a series of mandatory appeals.
The building was sealed off for nearly four years until post officials announced in November that they would demolish it.
Fort Hood officials, who declined to be interviewed, plan to place trees, a gazebo and a memorial plaque at the site.
Not all victims and their relatives agree with them. Kathy Platoni, an Army reservist who saw her friend, Capt. John Gaffaney, bleed to death, was one of the people who called on Fort Hood to keep the building standing as a reminder of what happened.
Platoni found out about the demolition Tuesday in a mass email from the post.
While post spokesman Chris Haug said he believed family members and victims were consulted about what to do with the site, Platoni said Army officials had not asked her opinion.
Platoni mentioned other points of contention between the Army and the Fort Hood victims, including a prolonged fight for increased benefits and recognition due to what many victims say is a terrorist attack, despite the Army’s insistence that the shooting was an act of workplace violence.
“For the building in which this horrific event took place just to be wiped off the map before we have a say in what’s done with it seems like another slap in the face,” Platoni told The Associated Press Tuesday afternoon.
She described her shock at watching video of the building being torn down. Asked if the video provided any closure, she said no.
“I don’t think there will be closure until Nidal Hasan has left the face of this earth, and even more importantly than that, the families of the deceased and the wounded receive all of the benefits (they deserve),” Platoni said. “Then there will be closure.”
No, there won’t. There won’t be closure until the U.S. acknowledges and confronts Hasan’s motives, and vows to fight those who are determined to murder Americans for the same reasons Hasan had.
Jack Ellison says
They should also wipe Hasan off the earth, same bulldozer.
eib says
They may demolish the building, but they’ll never demolish the truth.
The shooting at Fort Hood was Jihad against the West and America.
Period.
Christian A. Beltram says
The truth of this atrocity will only be acknowledged when a new administration that does not bow to our nation’s enemies takes office. I hope that the truth of this tragedy is acknowledged by future candidates for political office at all levels of government.
Nina Simone says
When will the wicked realize trying to cover up the deeds of their evil are useless and repent before their foot slips out from beneath them? The blood of the innocent victims of the atrocities of the moon god of islam cry out to The Living GOD our Father and His Son Jesus Christ from the ground. The more they try to hide it, the louder it screams…
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9
“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31
They would be wise to stop laying up more and more wrath unto themselves, which will be poured out in due time as heaps of burning coal upon their own heads.
Clare says
‘Former psychiatrist’ shouts in the Arabic language that ‘god is great’ and opened fire on soldiers doing paperwork. PTSD?
Clare says
Reply to Christian:
Hard-right; American radical hard right clean-up crew.
Descendantofacrusader says
Great. Out of sight out of mind. Soon the grisly mass murder purpitrated by another mad muslim will be relegated to the ‘dust-ben of history’.
Champ says
The building serves as a painful reminder, but tearing it down won’t wipe the slate clean; as long as islam and company are still around, then jihad still exists.
And not all muslims are terrorists, but the majority of terrorists are muslim, hmm …
mortimer says
The building is a monument to the SHAME of the high command that acquiesced to POLITICAL CORRECTNESS leading to Hasan slipping by the radar of other doctors who KNEW Hasan was a jihadist but were TOO AFRAID FOR THEIR CAREERS to alert their superior officers!
The building says to all soldiers THE OFFICERS CARE FOR THEIR CAREERS, BUT NOT FOR THE TROOPS! That’s why they are leveling it!
Salah says
What happened to the “Reply” button?
Andrea McGann Little says
We will never forget
Charli Main says
You can commit suicide by shooting yourself, drinking poison, drowning yourself or jumping off a building.
You can also commit suicide by taking Muslims into your country—
ITS CALLED SUICIDE BY ISLAM.
duh_swami says
The appearance of Allah has tainted the building and even the dirt it sits on. Demolition will not remove Allah stains. The building should have undergone a series of exorcisms, to remove Allah’s malevolent influence, and then turned into a museum dedicated to the life stories of those murdered there. Gregorian chants should play continuously and there should be a place for prayer for anyone who wants to.
joeb says
So, will they be building a mosque on the site?
richdonnagreat says
Obama and Holder have planned a mega mosque for this site.
Sam says
Obama adm. = Enemy within. Obama can not be so clueless about Islam and that we are in a religious war. From his actions the conclusion a sane person can reach is only one thing: He hates America and he is with and for Islam and Muslims. Without changing this administration with one who really understands the danger of Islam and the liberal agenda we are doomed. From what I see around me in USA I can not be optimistic. Sorry!!
Geppetto says
The survivors of the victims of this tragedy will not get justice anytime soon, if ever. To give them the full benefits they deserve will require this government to openly admit to what is becoming increasingly obvious, even to those who’ve not been paying close attention, that terrorism is real, that it is Jihad committed by Muslims, motivated by the tenets of Islam, often accompanied by shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and that they are at war with the “infidels” of the west including the United State of America. This does not fit this administrations precious narrative which is what is paramount in their minds, not the rights of the survivors of those the Muslim terrorist, Nidal Hasan, murdered. It is a travesty of monumental proportions and a stick in the eye of all that America once stood for. If we survive as a country Obama and his administration of like minded sycophants will eventually pay a price for this politically motivated perfidy. It will not be adequate.
John Kenny says
I assume somebody is planning to build a mosque on the site.
lily says
A memorial monument should be built there, so the world never forgets the precious lives lost to a terrorist act. It will keep the world in mind of families who do not have a wife, husband, father or mother anymore. This monument would also be a constant reminder to Holder and Ovomit of the blood that is on their hands for pandering to the MBH and Jihadists.
GDR says
I think it should be noted that when the Muslims say ” Allahu Akbar ” , they’re saying ” Allah is the greatest “. In other words ” our God is greater than your God “. When we as Christians refer to God, we’re referring to the Biblical God of Abraham …and not Allah.
gravenimage says
Fort Hood tears down site of 2009 jihad massacre
“For the building in which this horrific event took place just to be wiped off the map before we have a say in what’s done with it seems like another slap in the face.” Platoni is right: this is just another manifestation of the all-pervasive denial of the reality of jihad.
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This is “the Commissar Vanishes” redux—a falsification of history. But here, the motives are ultimately suicidal. They are pretending this jihad attack did not happen.
More:
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas Army post has razed the building where a former psychiatrist carried out one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, with plans to put up trees and a memorial in its place.
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We’ll see. *Will* they put up a memorial? I rather doubt it.
I think they hope the whole thing will just quietly “go away”—until the next Jihad terror attack, anyway, which they will also try to sweep under the rug…
More:
Platoni mentioned other points of contention between the Army and the Fort Hood victims, including a prolonged fight for increased benefits and recognition due to what many victims say is a terrorist attack, despite the Army’s insistence that the shooting was an act of workplace violence.
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This is not really about benefits—this is about denial that this was a Jihad attack at all. We see the same sort of denial over attacks like the Boston Marathon bombing. You see the president—with a straight face—claim that there have been no terrorist attacks here since 9/11.
More:
…“Then there will be closure.”
No, there won’t. There won’t be closure until the U.S. acknowledges and confronts Hasan’s motives, and vows to fight those who are determined to murder Americans for the same reasons Hasan had.
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*Very, very true*. What Platoni suggests would be a good first step—but only a full acknowledgment of Jihad will confront the threat.
gary fouse says
“Here lies the USS Arizona, which sank in Pearl Harbor after striking an iceberg.”