The AP reports:
A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's medical training repeatedly voiced concerns over his strident views on Islam and his inappropriate behavior, yet continued to give him positive performance evaluations that kept him moving through the ranks.Positive performance evaluations were issued to keep him moving through the ranks? Toward the end of the article, the root of the problem is summed up by juxtaposing two paragraphs.
The picture emerging from the review ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates is one of supervisors who failed to heed their own warnings about an officer ill-suited to be an Army psychiatrist, according to information gathered during the internal Pentagon investigation and obtained by The Associated Press. The review has not been publicly released.
Between 2003 and 2007, Hasan's supervisors expressed their concerns with him in memos, meeting notes and counseling sessions. He needed steady monitoring, especially in the emergency room, had difficulty communicating and working with colleagues, his attendance was spotty and he saw few patients.Then 22 words later comes this...
Still, Hasan's officer evaluation reports were consistently more positive, usually describing his performance as satisfactory and at least twice as outstanding. Known as "OERs," the reports are used to determine promotions and assignments. The Army promoted Hasan to captain in 2003 and to major in 2009.In light of the PJTV video I POSTED earlier, it might be safe to say that the former D.O.D. analyst in the video makes some claims that are bolstered by this news.
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This just keeps on getting better and better.
It's not enough that a terrorist (and a TRAITOR) managed to successfully infiltrate, receive expensive training by, and promotions through the US Army ... but now to learn that his performance evaluations were essentially 'pen-whipped' which kept him moving up in rank is further testament to the problems facing our nation as a whole.
While the military is not the entire nation, it is a microcosm (and to a point, a reflection) of our society.
"Cowardice" is as good a word as any ... but let's explain that one for a minute b/c you know that there will be some who read this and mistakenly think that Barrack is calling the military cowards - which is simply not the case.
The "cowardice" referred to is that of the 'bureaucrats' currently placed in a position of authority over Hassan. Those who fear persecution for perceived racial agendas towards a self-proclaimed Muslim Officer in the US military. Their fear of retribution for grading him with unfavorable marks (which would have apparently been well earned according to this last report to surface from the AP) is the microcosm I am referring to.
Our society as a whole has become brainwashed into thinking that any negative criticism of any non-white, non-christian American constitutes racism or some sort of racial agenda.
And b/c our many in our society have adopted this ridiculous form of thinking, our politicians (who play the race card as well as anybody) and especially the mainstream media have embraced it and forced it into every facet of our lives. And they do it by trumpeting the "winning of hearts and minds" mantra.
It's insane to think that it would not spread to the military - which it clearly has.
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