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On his November 9 radio show, Rush Limbaugh also blamed Obama for the Fort Hood shootings saying:
"We could almost say this is Obama's fault, because this guy (Hasan) said he believed Obama was going to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama hasn't done it, and that's one of the reasons why the guy cracked....I am sure they're not going to call this (a) hate crime....but let's not forget this man had no problem with killing people. (He's) not a pacifist (or) a conscientious objector. He didn't like Americans in Afghanistan or Iraq."
AP headlined, "Who knew of Fort Hood suspect's radical contacts (in suggesting) opportunities were missed to head off the massacre in which 13 died and 29 others wounded last Thursday."
National Public Radio's (NPR) Daniel Zwerdling called Hasan "cold (and) unfriendly," according to a fellow psychiatrist "who worked very closely with (him) and knows him very well....the medical staff was very worried about this guy....He did not do a good job in training, was repeatedly warned, you better shape up, or, you know, you're going to be in trouble....more relevant (was that) he was very proud and upfront about being Muslim....he seemed almost belligerent about (it), and he gave a lecture one day that really freaked a lot of doctors out....he was the kind of guy who the staff actually stood around in the hallway, saying: Do you think he's a terrorist, or is he just weird?"
NPR's Steve Inskeep called Hasan "disturbed" and "disliked."
On Public Broadcasting's (PBS) News Hour, Gwen Ifill discussed his "extremist" views and "ties" to a "radical cleric" with Washington Post writer, Dana Priest. Focusing on her November 10 article titled, "Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks," she explained his late June 2007 Power Point presentation to supervisors and other physicians and mental health staff expressing "a quite radical view of Islam and the Koran, with warnings throughout that Muslims (will be conflicted) if they are asked to fight and kill other Muslims...."
Titled, "The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the US Military," Priest stressed elements like:
-- guilt feelings and religious conflicts facing Muslims in the military;
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