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.

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An odd but interesting fact, Elf:

NPR keeps raising the spectre of, "Terrorist involvement," or "Jihadist influence."

The CBC, in contrast, treats this tragedy as a case of someone snapping and goin' postal, focusing on possible psychological motivations.


Looking for "towelheads" under the bed, anyone?