Today is the tenth anniversary of a “workplace violence” event that resulted in the deaths of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.  I suspect the media will ignore it, because it again points to the embarrassment of the Obama presidency.

It was on November 5, 2009 that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas and gunned down 13 defenseless people and wounded 32 others.

The Muslim major, a self-described “soldier of Allah, yelled “Allahu akbar” as he fired into the crowd.  It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.  But that was not how President Obama described it, Lloyd Billingsley reminds us in his recent American Greatness piece.

Obsessed with his belief that the words “Muslim terrorism” not be used, he referred to it as “workplace violence.”  Everyone saw that as an absurdity.

At the memorial service five days later, after we all viewed it as a terror attack by a confirmed Muslim, Obama refused to use those words in his remarks at Fort Hood. The closest he came to acknowledging terrorism was in the line, “this tragedy tears at wounds still raw from five years ago (9/11).”

Instead, he said, “as a nation, we can do more to help counsel those with mental issues, and to keep firearms out of the hands of those who are having such deep difficulties.”

It must have galled Obama to have to walk among the traditional memorials of the military victims – the helmet, rifle and boots – symbols of a combat or terrorism death.  He was not a man of the military.

Five months after the shooting, Obama urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the “terrible tragedy” while referring to Hasan as the “alleged gunman.”

Shockingly, it was later determined that the shooting could have been prevented.  At Walter Reed Medical Center, where Hasan was assigned for internship and residency, supervisors gave him poor evaluations and warned him that he was doing substandard work.

While presenting medical lectures, he would frequently talk about Islam.  Fellow faculty and students described him as “disconnected,” “aloof,” “paranoid,” “belligerent,” and “schizoid.”

A 2012 congressional hearing revealed that the FBI had investigated Hasan during a six-month period when he openly communicated with terrorist mastermind Anwar al-Awaki, telling him in an e-mail, “Please keep me in your Rolodex in case you find me useful, and please free to call me collect.”

Hasan faced trial for 13 counts of premeditated murder, 32 counts of attempted murder, and was sentenced to death, during which he expressed no remorse.

Among those killed was the pregnant Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, who pleaded with the shooter for the life of the baby.  He shot her in the chest, killing her and the unborn child.

Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford was shot seven times, requiring several surgeries.  Over the years he appeared on Fox News Channel to tell his story, including the White House denial of his request to tell President Obama how the government was mistreating the victims.

Fort Hood civilian police Sergeants Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd rushed to the scene to face the shooter.  Munley was hit three times and was bleeding profusely when she directed Todd to the shooter, who shot him and paralyzed him.

President Obama had the audacity to invite them to join the first lady at the State of the Union Address, but he didn’t introduce them as is the normal practice. Munley later said that she believed the Obama’s used her to their advantage.

Incredibly, the Fort Hood casualties were not eligible for the Purple Heart or the civilian equivalent, the Defense of Freedom Medal, because they were not killed or wounded in combat or in an attack by a foreign terrorist organization.

It wasn’t until April 2015 that the casualties of the 2009 shooting were finally presented with their medals.  How disgraceful.

While Hasan was sentenced to die in August 2013, he still awaits death at Leavenworth Prison.

It’s at a time like this that we all need to be reminded to never forget the casualties of Fort Hood and their families.

At the same time, Kramerontheright implores you to never forget the eight years of embarrassment our country endured under President Barack Obama, who, on February 27, 2018 said, “We didn’t have a scandal that embarrassed us.”

May God continue to bless the United States of America.