Poll: 60% Want Fort Hood Investigated As Terrorist Act, 65% Want Death Penalty

November 11, 2009 · Filed Under U.S. News

A new poll from Rasmussen Reports shows 60% of Americans want the attack at Fort Hood investigated as a terrorist attack. Only 27% want it investigated as a civilian criminal act.

65% want Major Nidal Malik Hasan to get the death penalty.

76% believe the military should remove officers who attempt to contact terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda:

Seventy-six percent (76%) believe the army should remove from duty all officers like Hasan who attempt to contact radical terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda. Only seven percent (7%) disagree. This general view was articulated by Senator Joseph Lieberman, who said, "If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance."

The fact that it’s even a debatable issue as whether a military officer should be removed for contacting Al Qaeda really speaks volumes about the sorry state of our country.

Political correctness is running wild in America and is creating a pre-9/11 mentality that will only cost more lives.

Hasan should have been dishonorably discharged years ago and possibly even prosecuted. It’s outrageous that a radical Muslim who spoke openly about his contempt for America would be allowed to continue serving in the Army.