In which I engage in mindless, irresponsible speculation about recent tragedy

[elfs]

Okay, there's this huge rush to judgement about what Major Malik Nidal Hasan to commit mass murder on the Army base at Fort Hood. So let me add another element of speculation:

Hasan's imam has been quoted as saying that Hasan, at age 39, had tried hard to locate a wife in the United States and, then, via the Internet. He rejected all of them. There's also a report that in the last weeks prior to his rampage, Hasan frequented a strip club three times in the month prior to his shooting, was a very nice guy, never groped or tried to convince the women to come home with him, and compared to most of the customers tipped very well. Omaha and I have seen that kind of behavior before. It led us to the same speculation:

Was Malik Nidal Hasan gay?

It would add a ton to the pressure already on him. Between his religion and his profession, never mind how his religion made his profession itself so much harder (and vice versa), maybe it was just one more thing that broke him.

Comments

[oldhans117.livejournal.com]

Or maybe he just got fed up with living at Fort Hood, I was there for 3 1/2 years(1/2 of a year in Saudi and Kuwait) and it was pretty much a redneck waste land.

[phred1973.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Austin is only an hour away - I spend as much time there as I possibly can. This is my third time at Hood.