The Fort Hood terrorism attack report

Since taking office one year ago today, Obama and America's liberal establishment have bent over backwards in their attempts to maintain their political correctness.

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton echoed the administrations new refrain that this is not a War on Terror, but rather a war against al Qaeda. Terrorist attacks are no longer called such, now they are "man-made disasters".

Man-made disasters? That's akin to calling the sun an alternative heat source.

The Obama team refuses to acknowledge the fact that these extremists have declared Jihad against the western countries. It is not limited to al Qaeda. They no longer mention Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, or Hezbollah as enemies of the west.

They ignore the fact that these organizations have been involved in this struggle against the west.

They are not fighting the west because we are in the Middle East. They are waging war against our lifestyle, religions, and democratic institutions. Their stated goal is the Islamization of the west. In Europe this transformation is much further along and received a boost recently with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.

This treaty opens the European borders to northern African countries. Movement between countries will be free and easy. Work permits will be extended to all who qualify under these provisions.

The treaty also makes it impossible for an individual European country to pass a law for self-preservation. All laws must fully comply with the E.U. laws and mandates.

The overwhelming majority of Muslim people do not support the extremists and are no more a threat than you or I.

Under the direction of the Commander-in-chief, the Pentagon has issued a report that studied the terrorist attack on Fort Hood, Texas.

Nowhere in the report is any mention of Nidal Hasan's belief in radical Islam. Nowhere does it mention "man-made disasters", terrorism or terrorists.

Now Congress opens two days of hearings today into the Pentagon probe of the Nov. 5 attack that left 13 dead, lawmakers want explanations for that omission.

The Pentagon report's silence on Islamic extremism "shows you how deeply entrenched the values of political correctness have become," he told TIME on Tuesday. "It's definitely getting worse, and is now so ingrained that people no longer smirk when it happens."

Yet the leaders of the two-month Pentagon review, former Army Secretary Togo West and the Navy's onetime top admiral, Vernon Clark, told reporters last week that they didn't drill down into Hasan's motives. "Our concern is with actions and effects, not necessarily with motivations," West said. Added Clark: "We certainly do not cite a particular group."

"The report demonstrates that we are unwilling to identify and confront the real enemy of political Islam," says a former military colleague of Hasan, speaking privately because he was ordered not to talk about the case. "Political correctness has brainwashed us to the point that we no longer understand our heritage and cannot admit who, or what, the enemy stands for."

The Congressman whose district includes Fort Hood agrees. "The report ignores the elephant in the room — radical Islamic terrorism is the enemy," says Republican Representative John Carter. "We should be able to speak honestly about good and bad without feeling like you've done something offensive to society."

The report lumps in radical Islam with other fundamentalist religious beliefs, saying that "religious fundamentalism alone is not a risk factor" and that "religious-based violence is not confined to members of fundamentalist groups." But to some, that sounds as if the lessons of 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq, where jihadist extremism has driven deadly violence against Americans, are being not merely overlooked but studiously ignored.

Voters in the Massachusetts special election cited national security as a concern, as well as jobs and the overall economy.

It is a shame our President and Congressional leaders do not see the errors in their assessment of what we are facing as a nation.

For them to place "political correctness" ahead of national security is alarming and dangerous.