[ Poll ] One Gunman shouts Allah Akbar! Before shooting 43 people.

America Muslims in the military should be:

Let go. We can no longer trust them with guns and authority.		4.7%	[ 8 ]
Screened for interest in radical forms of Islam.		15.7%	[ 27 ]
Screened and profile in more than one way..		7.0%	[ 12 ]
Just ignore them.		1.2%	[ 2 ]
Muslim service men and women are just like anyone else.		59.3%	[ 102 ]
They should be singled out for further training together with psychiatric evaluations.		2.9%	[ 5 ]
More than once answer from above.		9.3%	[ 16 ]

Total Votes: 172

[HelloNoora]

That Cursed Number

Quote:

Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech

Source

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH

Wait, wasn't that the school that had the other mass killing?

[YoshiKaji]

HelloNoora

That Cursed Number

Quote:

Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech

Source

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH

Wait, wasn't that the school that had the other mass killing?

Yes, that's the place..
The fiasco here has been still going on since the shooting happened on Fort Hood. I had family calling and blowing up my pages like crazy freaking out and worrying, had to tell everyone that the family and I were okay and that we didn't live on post(thankfully). For once, I'm glad the hubby was deployed this time...he could have been in the middle of all that(he's stationed at Fort Hood). My prayers and sympathy are with the victims and their families. So far, 13 are dead, 30 wounded(with 6 in the ICU and several more undergoing/awaiting surgery).

[Master SBK]

As sad as this is, I have almost no doubt that another tragedy will occur from this somewhere in the US. A sikh will probably be killed or at least severely injured by some overly patriotic bafoon thinking he's doing some kind of service to this country.

The military does need to do update their screening and psych evaluations fast, however. They've had problems before since they were accepting pretty much anybody due to the low enlistment rates. It was inevitable that some mentally unstable person was going to go off like this. That person just happened to be a disenfranchised man of Arab descent, which is unfortunate considering the time in US history.

[Unit002]

Muslim doctrine preaches violence, Muslims all over the word practice violence, and they only reason they do it is because they believe their precious Allah told them they can. These dangerous individuals have no place in our military, or even in our society.

[Ubasti]

Removing Muslims from the military is a bad idea. These are the actions of one person, not the whole Muslim religion. Why punish loyal American military personnel for his actions? Also, the militaries Muslims are vital as interpreters in Irag and Afghanistan.

[Ubasti]

Unit002

Muslim doctrine preaches violence, Muslims all over the word practice violence, and they only reason they do it is because they believe their precious Allah told them they can. These dangerous individuals have no place in our military, or even in our society.

No, Muslim extremism preaches violence, as does pretty much every other kind of extremism. The Muslim religion itself is actually rather peaceful.

[EmotionallyInconsistent]

HelloNoora

Your thoughts?

I'd tell you what I think, but then most people already know what I think about you. neutral

[TagraNar]

Ubasti

Also, the militaries Muslims are vital as interpreters in Irag and Afghanistan.

How?

[Ubasti]

TagraNar

Ubasti

Also, the militaries Muslims are vital as interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How?

The American Muslim population is a good place to find Arabic speakers. It's like how the American German population was used to find interpreters in WW2. The military language school in Monterey takes four years to produce an interpreter. It's much easier to find someone who already speaks the language.

[TagraNar]

Ubasti

The American Muslim population is a good place to find Arabic speakers. It's like how the American German population was used to find interpreters in WW2. The military language school in Monterey takes four years to produce an interpreter. It's much easier to find someone who already speaks the language.

How many Muslims are serving in the military? How many are serving as interpreters? As compared to soldiers going through the language program?

[Ubasti]

TagraNar

Ubasti

The American Muslim population is a good place to find Arabic speakers. It's like how the American German population was used to find interpreters in WW2. The military language school in Monterey takes four years to produce an interpreter. It's much easier to find someone who already speaks the language.

How many Muslims are serving in the military? How many are serving as interpreters? As compared to soldiers going through the language program?

I can't find info on the first, and the second is probably not public innformation. I base my information on book sources, mostly. I've read that in WW2 people who already spoke German, Italian, or Japanese were generally prized and potential interpreters by the military, and that Vietnam and Korea were similar. History would reapeat itself, wouldn't it?

[Iggy The Balrog]

I heard that they were going to send him to Iraq or something and he wigged out?

He was a Muslim right? a bit insensitive of his superiors. That said; what an a*****e.

[Ubasti]

TagraNar

Ubasti

The American Muslim population is a good place to find Arabic speakers. It's like how the American German population was used to find interpreters in WW2. The military language school in Monterey takes four years to produce an interpreter. It's much easier to find someone who already speaks the language.

How many Muslims are serving in the military? How many are serving as interpreters? As compared to soldiers going through the language program?

Here we go!

http://www.usmilitary.com/2049/translator-interpreter-army-careers/

There the Army is asking for native speakers to be translators.

[TagraNar]

Ubasti

I can't find info on the first, and the second is probably not public innformation. I base my information on book sources, mostly. I've read that in WW2 people who already spoke German, Italian, or Japanese were generally prized and potential interpreters by the military, and that Vietnam and Korea were similar. History would reapeat itself, wouldn't it?

It could. My understanding of the army religious populations was that Asatru actually outnumber serving Muslims, which would make the Muslim population to pull interpreters from rather slim.

The issue is also whether those people speak the same language. From what I understand from family, Afghanis speak a different language, Pashto. If I'm not mistaken, the Q'uran was and is written in Arabic, so assuming the Muslim knows Arabic, it wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be a vital part of the mission in Afghanistan, at least. In Iraq, yes, it would be useful, as they speak Arabic.

[Ubasti]

TagraNar

Ubasti

I can't find info on the first, and the second is probably not public innformation. I base my information on book sources, mostly. I've read that in WW2 people who already spoke German, Italian, or Japanese were generally prized and potential interpreters by the military, and that Vietnam and Korea were similar. History would reapeat itself, wouldn't it?

It could. My understanding of the army religious populations was that Asatru actually outnumber serving Muslims, which would make the Muslim population to pull interpreters from rather slim.

The issue is also whether those people speak the same language. From what I understand from family, Afghanis speak a different language, Pashto. If I'm not mistaken, the Q'uran was and is written in Arabic, so assuming the Muslim knows Arabic, it wouldn't necessarily mean they'd be a vital part of the mission in Afghanistan, at least. In Iraq, yes, it would be useful, as they speak Arabic.

Ask me about Africa. I'm tired of making a fool of myself with my limited knowledge on the Middle East.