Comments on: The American Humiliation Buried at Fort Hood http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/11/the-american-humiliation-buried-at-fort-hood/ @ Rational Review Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:54:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J. Neil Schulman http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/11/the-american-humiliation-buried-at-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-54 J. Neil Schulman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:13:25 +0000 http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/?p=280#comment-54 Kurt, I can blame indeed blame Clinton. While I have multiple reports of gun restrictions on U.S. military bases prior to Clinton, it wasn't a Department of Defense policy preventing base commanders from reacting to threats until Clinton. After 9/11, it would have been logical to expect base commanding officers to revisit the merits of revising their policies if the Clinton-era policy didn't take the decision away from them and restrict it to the politically-appointed Secretary of the Army. Bush is equally responsible for not repealing the policy after he saw the Pentagon in flames on 9/11. Neil Kurt,

I can blame indeed blame Clinton. While I have multiple reports of gun restrictions on U.S. military bases prior to Clinton, it wasn’t a Department of Defense policy preventing base commanders from reacting to threats until Clinton. After 9/11, it would have been logical to expect base commanding officers to revisit the merits of revising their policies if the Clinton-era policy didn’t take the decision away from them and restrict it to the politically-appointed Secretary of the Army.

Bush is equally responsible for not repealing the policy after he saw the Pentagon in flames on 9/11.

Neil

]]> By: Kurt P http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/11/the-american-humiliation-buried-at-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Kurt P Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:40:26 +0000 http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/?p=280#comment-53 I agree with your ideas, but in reality you can't blame Clinton. Back in the 80's when I was in the Navy, the base was disarmed. About the only time I as a SeaBee carried both a weapon and ammunition was when I was walking watch on our armory- and then the shotgun was uloaded. I agree with your ideas, but in reality you can’t blame Clinton.
Back in the 80’s when I was in the Navy, the base was disarmed. About the only time I as a SeaBee carried both a weapon and ammunition was when I was walking watch on our armory- and then the shotgun was uloaded.

]]> By: Brian Singer http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/11/the-american-humiliation-buried-at-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Brian Singer Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:50:14 +0000 http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/?p=280#comment-51 I echoed many of these se thoughts in a letter to the editor of Stars and Stripes. I'll be very surprised if it is ever published. My thoughts after this were similar to post VA Tech: why were these people forced in to victimhood? So far, my Army buddies look at me like I'm crazy and you're the only professional communicator in any medium I know of that is asking these questions. Why is this so hard to grasp? Mass killings happen when crazy people have access to the forceably disarmed, and make no mistake; we are forceably disarmed. In my own informal, unscientific poll taken over the years, I am astonished by the numbers of military members who do not own private firearms, and who, in violation of their oath, are in favor of victim disarmament laws. Thanks for being a voice of reason Neil. I echoed many of these se thoughts in a letter to the editor of Stars and Stripes. I’ll be very surprised if it is ever published. My thoughts after this were similar to post VA Tech: why were these people forced in to victimhood? So far, my Army buddies look at me like I’m crazy and you’re the only professional communicator in any medium I know of that is asking these questions. Why is this so hard to grasp? Mass killings happen when crazy people have access to the forceably disarmed, and make no mistake; we are forceably disarmed. In my own informal, unscientific poll taken over the years, I am astonished by the numbers of military members who do not own private firearms, and who, in violation of their oath, are in favor of victim disarmament laws.
Thanks for being a voice of reason Neil.

]]> By: J. Kent Hastings http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/2009/11/the-american-humiliation-buried-at-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-50 J. Kent Hastings Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:33:10 +0000 http://jneilschulman.rationalreview.com/?p=280#comment-50 Have earbuds turned us into cybermen from Doctor Who? Have earbuds turned us into cybermen from Doctor Who?

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