Ft. Hood Shooter Paid $200K+

[DaytonIllini]

Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that left 13 dead 32 injured. The Army said under the Military Code of Justice, Hasan’s salary cannot be suspended unless he is proven guilty.

The Army has not classified the wounds of the Ft. Hood victims as “combat related” and declines to label the shooting a “terrorist attack”,

The “combat related” designation is an important one, for without it Burnett and other shooting victims are not given combat-related pay, they are not eligible for Purple Heart retirement or medical benefits given to other soldiers wounded either at war or during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.

As a result, Burnett, his wife Torey, and the families of other Fort Hood victims miss out on thousands of dollars of potential benefits and pay every year.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations...208230691.html

Hmm, I wonder why this isn't terrorism but work-place violence? Odd that we would pay a Muslim terrorist hundreds of thousands of dollars while making his victims suffer without appropriate compensation.

[Fighting Billini]

Originally Posted by DaytonIllini

Hmm, I wonder why this isn't terrorism but work-place violence?

I can't answer that, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with a Youtube video.

[CaptainHindsight]

I know nothing about this. I just heard about this from the press at the same time you did. Believe me, no one is more outraged by this than the president himself.

[AzIlliniFan]

Originally Posted by CaptainHindsight

I know nothing about this. I just heard about this from the press at the same time you did. Believe me, no one is more outraged by this than the president himself.

You have a link detailing this outrage? If he is so outraged why doesn't he direct the administration to classify this as a terrorist attack instead of as a workplace shooting?

[DaytonIllini]

Originally Posted by AzIlliniFan

You have a link detailing this outrage? If he is so outraged why doesn't he direct the administration to classify this as a terrorist attack instead of as a workplace shooting?

I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic. The president apparently gets all his news about what goes on in his government from CNN.

[AzIlliniFan]

Originally Posted by DaytonIllini

I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic. The president apparently gets all his news about what goes on in his government from CNN.

Ahhh, amazing the difference an emoticon can make, isn't it?!?