Strange question of the week: Was Hasan a terrorist or not?

Media and government types just keep pondering the above question.  But does it really matter whether Hasan was trying to instill terror on the American populace or not?

In the end, whether Hasan can be called a terrorist or whether he had ties to a terrorist organization is about as important as how many people at a Kiss concert are members of the Kiss Army.

The bottom line here is that a follower of a certain extremist religious persuasion which has been targeting Americans for decades decided to do exactly that at Fort Hood last week – and caused a lot of harm.  So let’s stop fooling ourselves before we get even more painful rude awakenings like last week’s: radical Islam is at war with the U.S. and Western society at large.

Firefox preps for next round.

Yuval Levin: How Republicans Are Winning in the Age of Obama.

Related: London Telegraph: Americans wistful for W (via Insty).

Prof. Jacobson sees Obamacare going nowhere.

You’d expect Obama, Reid and Pelosi would know everything Professor Jacobson discusses at the link.  I keep thinking they felt they might as well go for it while they can and try to end a bad week for the Democratic party on a high note.  Although it’s a high note only if you look at things superficially.

Still, none of the above means it’s time to relax.  As long as Obama is in power and Dems control Washington, we need to keep fighting to replace the curren political class.

UPDATE: Ed Morrisey also sees a tough going for the legislation in the Senate.

NYT insists on spinning Hasan’s rampage.

Maybe it’s part two in a series, since another Times writer was saying something similar yesterday.

It’s the Jihad, stupid!

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano should resign.

Related: Mark Steyn on Hasan: A Traitor.  Not a Victim.

Dealmemo: Where did all the indie pics go?

NYT quotes the President of the United States referring to Obamacare opposition as “the teabag, antigovernment people”.

One can only conclude Times editors find this most un-presidential wording either perfectly appropriate or utterly unremarkable…

Via K-Lo at The Corner.

Ed Driscoll links with lots of related content; and the Blogprof has his own take.

Obama tells Dems that GOP will attack regardless of their vote on health care.

It’s not GOP attacks Dems should worry about.  It’s how people vote in 2010 that should have them concerned.  Two very different things.

NYT spins Ft. Hood massacre: it wasn’t Islamic radicalism.  It was probably all that stress…

It’s the Jihad, stupid!

UPDATE: Related: American Power: Hasan’s link to 9/11.

MORE:  The ethnic harassment canard.  My understanding is that – being an officer in the U.S. Army – Hasan could have acted on any instance of ethnic harassment on the spot.  No reporting or filing a complaint necessary.  He could have had people penalized for such conduct just like that.

If you are in the service and care to e-mail, I welcome any clarification of the above policy.