[quote=BBC News][b]US President Barack Obama has said "no faith justifies" last week's killings of 13 people at an army base in Texas.[/b]
Mr Obama's comments came in an address to a memorial service for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings, after he met relatives of those who died.
Maj Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of carrying out the massacre, was shot by police and remains in hospital.
US intelligence authorities have said they knew Maj Hasan had been in contact with a cleric sympathetic to al-Qaeda.
Mr Obama said mourners had come to "pay tribute to 13 men and women who were not able to escape the horror of war, even in the comfort of home".
[b]'Murderous and craven'[/b]
The fact that the victims died on American soil made it "even more painful and even more incomprehensible", he said.
The US president told the thousands of people at the service that they had come together "filled with sorrow".
He also praised the bravery of those who had helped victims in the "terrible minutes during the attack".
"It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy, but this much we do know - no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favour," he continued.
"And for what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice - in this world, and the next."
Also attending the service was Army Chief of Staff George Casey, Defence Secretary Robert Gates, Adm Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Maj Hasan is recovering from gunshot wounds at a military hospital and will be charged in a military court over last Thursday's shootings - he has declined to be interviewed by investigators.
On Monday, the Senate Homeland Security Committee announced it would hold a full investigation into the attacks, starting with a public hearing next week.
Senator Joe Lieberman, who chairs the committee, said the "murderous attack should be examined from every angle to make sure nothing like this occurs again".
He said investigators would seek to determine Maj Hasan's motives and "whether the government missed warning signs that should have led to expulsion, and what lessons we can learn to prevent such future attacks".
Mr Lieberman said the authorities would "do no favour" to Muslims serving in the US army by "ignoring real evidence" that Maj Hasan may have held violent extremist views.
An FBI-led task force monitoring the e-mail of Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki said he had communicated with Maj Hasan - a US-born Muslim and army psychiatrist - on 10 to 20 occasions.
However, it was decided that further investigation was not needed, as the content of the messages did not advocate or threaten violence.
FBI Director Robert Mueller has ordered a review of how the agency dealt with information about Maj Hasan.
A senior Republican on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has called on all the US intelligence agencies to preserve the information they have on Maj Hasan.[/quote]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8353248.stm[/url]
Bush has been shown who is the boss.
[QUOTE=smurfy;18318053]Bush has been shown who is the boss.[/QUOTE]
?
[QUOTE=smurfy;18318053][url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8353248.stm[/url]
Bush has been shown who is the boss.[/QUOTE]
I didn't realize this was a contest.
[QUOTE=Melkor;18319550]I didn't realize this was a contest.[/QUOTE]
I take it you haven't been watching the american public for the past two years then?
Da prez is in da hood
bush beat obama
This just in: Obama visits a McDonalds, more at 11
Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.
[QUOTE=smurfy;18318053]
Bush has been shown who is the boss.[/QUOTE]
Since this is clearly a contest:
I'm going to have to give this one to Bush. Sorry, B.O.
He's only doing this because he saw how people flipped shit when they watched his Ft. Hood address.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
Shooting up a military base and killing someone isn't "brave".
That's pretty fucked up.
[QUOTE=Pascall;18320901]Shooting up a military base and killing someone isn't "brave".
That's pretty fucked up.[/QUOTE]
They harassed him to extents we don't know of. For all we know they could've said "We're gonna kill your ass you fucking Muslim bastard!" This guy endured a lot, and finally couldn't take any more of it. If you got harassed every day of your life by fellow comrades and then had to be shipped somewhere you didn't want to go and worse yet you would be forced to kill people of your same religion, wouldn't you do something about it?
No where in that article do I read that the killer was harassed.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18321036]If you got harassed every day of your life by fellow comrades and then had to be shipped somewhere you didn't want to go and worse yet you would be forced to kill people of your same religion, wouldn't you do something about it?[/QUOTE]
Yeah I'd massacre innocents too, seems like the only sensible option here.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
He was such an hero, to take it all away
So do you feel the same way about suicide bombers in Iraq, or what?
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
Replace "brave" with "cowardly" and add "unarmed" before "soldiers".
Oh, snap.
Also, trying to justify murder makes you look like an idiot. Especially if it's just "guns ablaze kill everyone you can see".
In closing, you're idiotic and I hate you.
He was only there to give a speech and then he left.
What the hell man what a jerk.
Took him long enough.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
I bet you wish you were as "brave" as this guy was when you got extensively harassed in school.
[editline]10:39PM[/editline]
Wow, somehow I knew it was gonna be Gmod_Fan77 who posted this before I even read his name. He's probably the biggest retard in all of facepunch.
dnt say that abot gmod fan77 he is kool guy
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
You are a fucking idiot.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
So would you consider Virginia tech and Columbine justified too?
Because by your logic they were entirely in the right.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18321036][B]If you got harassed every day of your life [/B] - boo hoo this happens to tons of kids in high school every day.
[B]
shipped somewhere you didn't want to go [/B] Don't join the military
[B]and worse yet you would be forced to kill people of your same religion[/B]- don't join the military
[B]
wouldn't you do something about it?[/B]- don't join the [I]fucking[/I] military, Or desert, you don't have to kill your comrades.
[/QUOTE]
Derp
Isn't this story developing to the point were the guy turned out to be a homegrown Islamic extremist anyways?
Is he saying this wasn't religion?
Yeah right
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809]Wow, a guy finally says "No more of this shit" after he's been extensively harassed for being Islamic (to add insult to injury, they were also desploying him to Iraq to do what else than kill fellow Muslims) and Obama says this guy was entirely in the wrong. It's not like he slaughtered innocent civilians, he killed military officials, probably the jackasses who harassed him also. I don't think lashing out was the best course of action for him, but this guy stood up for himself as he knew the soldiers would never get in trouble for harassment of him, and I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
Another brilliant post brought to you by the guy who made us the classic, "Light can't travel in a vacuum," and the award winning "I'm a Christian, but I'm a creationist."
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18320809] I personally think he was a brave guy, going up against an entire fort of soldiers and inflicting over 60 casualties with dual pistols.[/QUOTE]
Yea no.
[QUOTE=lmaoboat;18327212]Another brilliant post brought to you by the guy who made us the classic, "Light can't travel in a vacuum," and the award winning "I'm a Christian, but I'm a creationist."[/QUOTE]
Ignorant atheist. You can be creationist without being Christian.
Also, why does everyone hate this guy? He killed soldiers for a cause he believed in. If anything, we should applaud him for standing up for his religious beliefs. Also, this story made me think of Rambo for some reason.
[editline]10:25PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=ChilColdCoolaid;18322877]Wow, somehow I knew it was gonna be Gmod_Fan77 who posted this before I even read his name. He's probably the biggest retard in all of facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Because having different opinions totally makes you a retard. Fucking idiot.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18327885]
Because having different opinions totally makes you a retard. Fucking idiot.[/QUOTE]
No, but having retarded opinions does make you a retard.
[editline]03:27AM[/editline]
On that note, you have an extremely retarded opinion.
[QUOTE=ChilColdCoolaid;18327928]No, but having retarded opinions does make you a retard.[/QUOTE]
My opinions aren't retarded just because you think I'm wrong.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;18327956]My opinions aren't retarded just because you think I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
No, they are retarded because they are retarded.
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