Fort Hood Shooting

1. What are your thoughts, feelings, etc, as you read these articles?
I think many of the feelings about why he did this are misplaced, I think people are looking too much into his race and religion, and not necessarily enough into his personal life.

2. What role do you think terrorism played in this massacre, if any? Why? Do you think that there was an terrorist organization behind the shooting?
I do not believe, as of now terrorism played a role in this shooting.

3. What role did racism or religious persecution play in this incident? Why?
I think racism could have played a little role in this, just because I'm sure he heard many bad stories about people of his race from soldiers. After awhile, hearing people bashing on your own kind could get to anyone. Not to mention, he didn't agree with the war in the first place.

4. Do you think a lot of Muslim Americans have the same feelings as this man? Why or why not?
I think they may because it seems like the are instantly judged, just based on their appearance which is not fair... but it's the sad truth.

5. What do you think the military could have done to prevent this from happening? Why do you believe this? Were there signs that this man had the potential to do something like this? What were they?
I do not think their is too much the military could have done, except maybe they could have granted his discharge a long time ago when he applied for it. I do not think there were signs that he would have done something of this magnitude, yes it was known that he was against the war... but not even his own family had any idea this was coming.

6. Talk about the leadership of Kimberly Munley (the woman who stopped the shooter). What did she do? How would you have reacted in the same situation?
This shows great leadership, even after being shot numerous times she was able to stop the shooter from doing more harm. I would like to think I'd do the same thing, but you can never tell unless your actually in the situation.

7. What does this incident say about race relations in America? Specifically with Arab-Americans and Muslims? Is there a reason that Muslims and people from the Arab world feel a certain way about America?
It says that we are not yet over this stereo type of muslims. If this had been a white person who was against the war, do you think as many people would have instantly assumed this was a terrorist act? I don't think so and they probably would have waited to accuse the man of this until there was actual evidence.