Seems as if they knew of Officer Nidal Malik Hasan's radical internet postings 6 months ago. Years ago one of my Federal Officer co-workers who was Muslim showed me a little green book he had titled "Jihad". At the time i didnt know what the heck the word meant. In any case he died of liver disease.

Sgt. Kimberly Munley

Perhaps it's time for stricter controls of military personnel, and not letting people who have shown tendencies towards extremist ideals, be it christian extremists, jewish extremists or muslims extremists, not be granted the ability to work in the military, or any form of law-enforcement/security agency?

I mean if I saw a soldier under my command posting on a christian website saying that "Arabs are animals and all arabs and muslims should be killed", and vice versa, I sure would take this up with my superiors and recommend they discharge him.

I don't think there's a police force in the land that would allow an officer to work if he says anything about "killing" someone. Even idle talk is not tolerated.

The military is a different animal however. A soldier's primary job is to kill, whereas an officer is to protect. You have to allow a certain amount of leeway for soldiers to let off steam.

The man repeatedly expressed a desire to leave the military. Why on earth wouldn't they oblige him????