Lieberman and Collins: Fr. Hood massacre was preventable

I don't know if I agree with the 'preventable' message, but I do know that if soldiers had been armed, a lot of the deaths would have been preventable.  And I do know that the failure to recognize the risks of American jihadis due to political correctness is a real problem.  It would be nice if we could recognize our enemies without fear of being called 'islamophobic' or 'racist'.  Hat tip National Review

The federal government needs to drop the political correctness and call violent Islamic extremism what it is, according to a newly released report on the Fort Hood shooting by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

The committee’s chairman and ranking member, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) and Susan Collins (R., Maine), held a press conference earlier today to discuss their investigation into the November 2009 massacre. That month, U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan opened fire at the Texas base, killing thirteen people. “Our report’s painful conclusion is that the Fort Hood massacre could have and should have been prevented,” Lieberman said. He added that employees at the Department of Defense “had compelling evidence of [Hasan’s] growing embrace of violent Islamic extremism before the attack that should have caused them to discharge him.”