by Ken Brewer | November 5, 2010 | Opinion
Today is Friday, November 5, 2010, one year since November 5, 2009, when the traitor Major Nidal Malik Hassan, massacred 13 soldiers and civilians and wounded 38 others, in an attack in service to the radical Moslem Jihad against this nation.
As the Commanding General in the Revolutionary War, General George Washington established the Purple Heart at Newburghm New York, on August 7, 1782, recognizing those sodiers wounded in service to this nation.
Three hundred sixty-five days have now passed and President Barack Hussein Obama has failed to honor the dead and wounded of the terrorist attack at Ft. Hood with a Purple Heart Citation. They were wounded and killed in service to their country as a result of enemy action. Their Commander-in-Chief refuses to grant them this honor, the final honor for 13 of the 51 and their families.Does anyone believe that any past Commander-in-Chief would deny his soldiers and their families this honor and recognition of their sacrifice?
I have received a reply from Rep. John Carter. Rep. Carter explained that one of the existing criteria for receipt of the Purple Heart is that a service member be wounded as the result of an “international terrorist attack.” His bill, H.R. 4088, would designate these victims to be combat casualties, since the reason that they were attacked is that they were being deployed to
Afghanistan. This is important, because it makes the families of the deceased eligible to receive various gratuities, compensations, and tax benefits.
Even Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has acknowledged that Hassan had committed an act of Islamic terrorism:
“Violent Islamic terrorism … was part and parcel of the Ft. Hood killings,” Napolitano told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday morning. “
Tomorrow, there is a commemoration for the families of the fallen at Ft. Hood. I will pray for them and for our country, as I trust many of you will do.
Denied by Obama!
Names of the victims wounded during the Fort Hood shooting.
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Birmingham of Eclectic, Ala.
Sgt. Patrick Blue III, 23, of Belcourt, N.D.
Amber Bahr, 19, of Random Lake, Wis.
Keara Bono Torkelson, 21, of Ostego, Mo..
Alan Carroll, 20, of Bridgewater, N.J.,
U.S. Army Reserve Dorothy “Dorrie” Carskadon of Rockford, Ill.
Staff Sgt. Joy Clark, 27, of Des Moines
Spc. Matthew Cook, 30, of Binghamton, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. Chad Davis of Eufaula, Ala.,
Pvt. Joey Foster, 21, of Ogden, Utah,
Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 26, of West Lafayette, Ind.
Justin Johnson, 21, of Punta* Gorda, Fla.
Staff. Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, of Richmond County, N.C.
Shawn Manning, 33, formerly of Redman, Ore.
Army 2nd Lt. Brandy Mason, of Monessen
Reserve Spc. Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi, Wis
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, of Killen.
Warrant Officer Christopher Royal of Elmore County, Ala.
Maj. Randy Royer of Dothan, Ala.
Pvt. Raymondo “Ray” Saucedo, 26, of Greenville, Mich.
George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, Idaho
Patrick Zeigler, 28, of Orange County, Fla.
DEAD during the Fort Hood shooting.
Michael Grant Cahill, 62, of Cameron
Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind.
Reservist John Gaffaney, 56, of Serra Messa, Calif.
Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Tipton, Okla.
Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis.
Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah
Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill.
Capt. Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wis.
Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago
Military physician assistant Juanita Warman, 55, of Pittsburgh
Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn.
