White House rejects meeting between survivors of 2009 Fort Hood massacre and Obama
Good work by lefty Mother Jones, which has must-read background on why this was likely a deliberate snub and not a logistical snafu. As it turns out, there may be reasons beyond simple political correctness that explain why the Pentagon insists on treating Nidal Hasan's jihadist rampage as "workplace violence."
Imagine having taken a bullet to the head from Hasan's gun and being told that the president doesn't have time to meet with you but does have time for a fundraiser at a rich liberal's house nearby.
As I say, the MJ backgrounder is a must. The survivors have been begging the Pentagon for years to classify their injuries as combat-related so that they can receive a more robust complement of benefits and medical care. (One family says the difference in pay alone is $70,000 so far.) The brass has resisted, though, going so far as to deny them Purple Hearts in the interest of preserving the "workplace violence" charade. At one point the victims were told that it's a matter of legal strategy: If the Defense Department had formally labeled Hasan a terrorist while the case was pending, he would have moved for a mistrial on grounds that he can no longer get a fair trial. Okay, but...the trial's over now and the shooting still hasn't been re-classified. Why not?Also read:
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