"Nidal Malik Hasan" has previously expressed joy at killing of Americans at recruiting centers by Muslims.

It is what it is.

My prayers are that Jesus Christ will comfort the families of those that were killed (including the family of this murderous Muslim.), and aid those injured.

Seems the guy is a Muslim....

Yes and there is suspicion that his religion may have played a factor but I think he was also mentally unstable as well. We will find out more later.

I'm more concerned at this point with the accomplices.

pfunk

Guys, let's please not turn this into a religious debate, there have been massacres commited in the name of christianity as well, no matter what the 'cause' is.

To quote a post from another forum.

"Blanket, bigoted attacks on the religion of Islam will not be tolerated here any more than they will be tolerated against Christianity, Judaism or any other established religion.

While we understand that the enemy in the War on Terror is fanatical Islamic terrorists, not every Muslim can be described that way. Most are people just like every one of you, who just want to live, provide for their families and be left alone."

Whilst indeed, I have no power on this forum, I hope people at least read what I quote, and take it to heart, it's radical Islamists that are the enemy, not all Muslims, the majority of Western Muslims are law-abiding people just like most Christians and Jews.

It is a great tragedy for all involved, and I just hope the family and friends to the deceased, as well as the surviving victims, are getting the help they need and deserve from both the government/military and from the community.

And I ask that instead of focusing our thoughts on hatred towards a large group of people, we instead focus our thoughts and prayers on the families of the deceased, and the survivors who will without a doubt be emotionally scarred for life.

Press conference. Shows how wrong initial reports can be in a frenzy... he's still alive.

Did I understand the female cop that shot him is alive and stable also? If she pulls through, she'll have a story to tell.

And Gargantou is correct. Don't go CE in this forum or thread. And don't go to the CE and run out-of-bounds. Debate it over there, not here in the CH.

If he survives, hope he's not averse to needles. I don't know when his next shot will be, but his last one will be at Leavenworth.

Lethal injection's too good for him, I'd prefer a firing squad, more fitting considering he is/was military personnel.

Why should he be granted a more peaceful death than those of his victims?

I say, let him be shot to death by a firing squad, let him see what it felt like for his victims to be shot to death.

Having read an interview with his Cousin, it becomes clear that Malik's worst fear was being deployed to Iraq, apparently this was going to become true now, maybe it was what made him snap? I.e. rather than it being a hate-crime like I'm seeing many people on other forums claim, it might simply be him snapping from being told he's going to have to go to Iraq, and going on a rampage.

What completely floors me is why would someone be serving in the US armed forces if this is what they believed? It just makes no sense to me.

Time will tell, but today might have provided the answer.