Having little patience for national introspection the public will worry more about Glenn Beck's appendicitis than why Hasan went on a killing rampage. People will lose interest soon enough and leave with the perception that this was an act of a muslim terrorist who just happened to wear U.S. Army fatigues. Watching the press interview last night that General Cone was giving the question of terrorism and a terrorist act came up and to his credit the general shot those down, but still they will linger in our prejudiced thinking. Losing interest the average citizen will take away from this tragedy a confirmation of their own unexamined idea of who and what a terrorist looks like and is, certainly not equating radical acts done in the name of religion to terrorism, whether by Eric Prince's christianists or Osama binladen's alqaeda. Not getting that a deranged shooter of unarmed military in their, as General Cone put it, "home" is no different than a missile attack on an Afghan wedding party, that the fear, pain and suffering of human beings is the same. Too bad for us.

A few of things should though be put to rest because of this tragedy but I also have my doubts that lizard brained thinking will change on these either:

First is that a woman first responder shot Major Hasam putting an end to his killing spree and was also seriously wounded herself, this should put an end to the belief that women are not suited for the battlefield.

Second is the idea of "concealed carry" laws that are all the rage supposedly helping the law abiding stay safe in their persons. As General Cone said in one of his answers that Ft. Hood has a police department and that the soldiers and their families, as "a matter of practice", don't carry weapons on base, "this is our home."

And last is the idiocy of Karl Rove's comment after 9-11 that liberals want to invite alqaeda to a therapy session while the Bush/Cheney gang wanted to "smoke 'em out" of their caves as again General Cone spoke of grief counseling and family support services for the people who live under his care.

The psychopathic tendencies of our "best and brightest" worry me more than a terrorist bombing my town.