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Well Republicans are foaming at the mouth to call this a terrorist attack on Obama's watch.... the only problem is, it was a murder. AND if it HAD been a terrorist attack...well this guy was reported as having issues in 2007.... and let's see... who was our President then?

It's not like President Obama blatantly ignored a memo "Watch out for a crazy guy in Fort Hood." That's more Bush's style.

The shooting could have been prevented had the Army kicked Hasan out of the military the moment they became aware of his anti-american feelings. When you join you swear an oath to protect the US against all enemies foreign and domestic, those enemies having the same religion does not matter. The officials in charge of Hasan who promoted him and passed the problem along from base to base are responsible for this loss of life and should be demoted. Tell me why Gays can't serve in the military but someone wearing a US military uniform spouting anti-americam rhetoric can. This is exactly the type of thing Janet Neopolitano warned about in the summer and was torn apart by those those or so patriotic Republicans for it. I am sure the military has other Hassan's in their ranks.

The majority in the country believe that this was a terrorist attack--not a psychotic act by Hasan--even after the extensive white wash attempts by Obama and the main stream media.

This was another terrorist attack on US soil-–and there were MANY signals that should have been investigated--that could have prevented this tragedy!!

And, I am soooo glad that the members of Congress are continuing with their investigation into this matter-–just so that ALL information can be discovered and released.

What shocking is that 45% of the people polled didn't think this was a terrorist attack. How dumb can people be? Do they think the only terrorist attacks are with airplanes crashing into buildings. These 45% need to smarten up and WAKE UP. I guess the brainwashing of this administration and the MSM have taken a toll on America's ability to recognize terrorism when they see it.

Preliminary findings say that there were warning signs to this man being sick and not fit for service. How or why these signs were missed, ignored, or misinterpreted we can only guess. 'Crazy' by definition is hard to catch. Pinpointing the 'snapping' point is equally difficult. Thus far everything points to his NOT having acted in concert with a domestic terrorist cell as many people feared. We can only wait and see what other facts the ongoing investigation is able to produce.
One thing is for certain, prudence in NOT jumping to erroneous and paranoid induced conclusions should be excercised.

WRONG QUESTION. The question we should be focused on is "how do we prevent this kind of thing in the future." Focus on the solution, not the problem. Sure, we have to figure out where the holes were in procedure and what gaps there were in sharing intelligence, etc., but looking for someone or something to blame is not constructive.

Of course, that's not the "news" media's job anymore, is it? At least as far as the "news" media is concerned. The "news" media's job, defined by CEOs and upper tier executives, is to drum up whatever controversy it can and spin things into oblivion to scare, upset and rile the masses, so we are constantly glued to their TVs and the intertubez exposing ouselves to the advertising like good little capitalist sheeple.

Yes this could have been prevented, and we can prevent it from happening again. Don't allow muslims to be in the military. We all KNOW that they don't support America, but only want to destroy it. God Save America!

Yes, if the Army had taken heed of the reports of his fellow classmates, professors, especially during his internship at Walter Reed.

yes, but humans are subject to error

I,M urging everybody to boycott this cnn ticker till they stop reporting on nitwit Palin.its just toomuch.we need to uphold journalism and do away with this obsession

Of course they could have prevented the terrorist attack but the ACLU and libs would be up in arms.

Well he certainly came up on a lot of radar screens. Sometimes we see American Muslim rights violated because of the fear of fundamentalist Islam. Yet, the Army didn't seem to be able to recognize the signs. There is some negligence somewhere in the chain of command. But you probably won't see any general officer discipined, they'll find some lower rank scapegoat and retire the general with a nice pension. Thats the way the Army does business these days.

sure they could have been prevented, every muslim in the military should be watched closely and all phone and e-mail activity should be monitored. If the muslims don't like it they need to find a new career.

I suppose all the people being polled were there? Hind sight is 20/20. We can try to prevent future incidents, but nothing now will bring those people back and polls like this just seem absolutely ridiculous.

Yes they could have by discharging him and making him go to Afghanistan and renouncing his US citizenship. Seeing that is what he wanted to do any way.

They should do this for ever person who wants to get out of the service if that person would rather live under a hateful group then live under freedom.

This is the perfect example of political correctness going to far!

There is no way the authorities could have prevented this crime anymore than they could have stopped the VA Tech slaughter or any number of other mall, school killing sprees.

This man was motivated by the same unfathomable factors that all the above were affected by.

We may never know why, but it would appear he too, did not expect to survive.

Bring him to trial and issue the harshest punishment available. Here in Texas he will get to meet Allah pretty quickly.

Welcome to political correctness. If they would have discharged him, the ACLU and left-wing radicals, and Obama belongs in this category regarding political correctness, would have went nuts screaming racial profiling, religious bias, illegal wiretapping, etc. Well, great move, his "rights" weren't infringed on, the wiretapped calls and e-mails were ignored, his increased radical religious views were ignored, we showed him that we are a "changed" nation with our new leader Obama, with tolerance for all and we are good people that just want to understand you extremists and get along. Well, that line of thinking only got 13 soldiers murdered in the first terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.

My stint in the military was nearly four decades ago but in my day I can assure you "malcontents" were shown the door. Of course after they received much punishment. In today's age of political correctness this is what you get. Lost lives to a terrorist within our own military.

My position is all muslims should be discharged immediatley and no new enlistments would be allowed. That would solve this problem. We cannot afford to train terrorists in our own army.

I said we would be attacked again soon after our indecisive, limp-wristed, weak leader was sworn in. I love to be right.

I don't think it was an Act of Terrorism. I think it was the act of a lone crazy man. I think that if everything was the same except his religion this would not be a topic. If Nidal Hasan had been Christian or Jewish this topic would be about Post Traumatic Stress, how people handle it, and if the Military was doing enough to help our troops after they return.

I do believe that all of the Dead and Wounded Deserve a Purple Heart, and all the benefits that go with it. I believe that we need to do more to prevent something like this from happening again. Our troops do everything they are asked, are under paid, and rarely complain.

For all the people trying to place blame with the Obama Administration instead of trying to find the cause please note that the memo was sent in 2007....long before January, 2009!!

It's possible it could have been stopped "that day." But if this guy wanted to shoot out a blood bath and go out in his version of a blaze of glory, he'd have found another way, another time and another venue to do it in. The guy needed to be stopped when things started looking rather hinky. It's the military, for crying out loud. Call in CID and have them see if there's was a need to worry.

I don't see how they could have prevented it. This coward was a major in the military. he was trusted. He had clearence.

Yes as Palin said there should be more profiling on men and women wearing the US uniform. Dr's especially therapists listening to soldiers back from the war, should be examined to make sure they aren't getting burnt out by the horrific stories they hear.

. . . and of course, the majority of the public is "perfectly versed" in arms protocols for officers, on US military bases.

This is a stupid poll.

This traitor sent up enough red flags that even a PC blinded idiot should have seen them...threats, anti-American comments....but, heaven forbid someone in the Army take action against a Muslim terrorist...we don't want to offend anyone!

being quiet does not help

you need to condem this man, he did a deplorable thing

your silence makes the world think you don't have standards

Hasan should have been charged with treason as soon as the first e-mail to Yemen was discovered. So, YES. It was 100% preventable.

Of course it could have been prevented! We need to do away with all of this political correctness which is devastating our country! Folks that promote political correctness are far right and left folks that live in a fantasy world. If you do not like something being politically incorrect, than leave!!

Could he have been stopped? Of course he could have. He was a militant muslim what had several people complaining about him. But let's keeped focused here. he is respnsible for his own actions. he is a terrorist and he commited a terrorist act on US soil just like Tim McVeigh. This was not a tragedy it was a pre-meditated attack by an Islamofacist. he should be cahrged with murder, treason and be tired in a military tribunal and if found guilty he should be executed. end of story. we are just all tiptoeing around calling him a terrorist. if McVeigh was a terrorist, so is Hasan.

I am not saying something that is crazy or over the top

I have worked in computer labs and been around other areas where I have seen (not all) muslim youth gravitate to the extremist web sites etc., this doesn't happen with other religious or ethnic groups

there is something about this group that is attractive and draws in impressionable youth (not the same) but maybe similar to rap music

Sure, let's start "profiling" all the soldiers (and don't stop there, what about cops, teachers, all government employees, truck drivers, steelworkers, plumbers, newscasters, ex-Governors with an ax to grind...) who don't fit the right's idea of a perfect citizen. This was a horrible event, but unless you are using an accurate crystal ball, bad things happen all over the world. Lots of people are depressed. Lots of people have access to weapons. Few of them ever hurt anybody. This is more fear-mongering, and will lead to more of Bush's spying, if you ask me. He made people believe that his illegal actions were protecting them (from whom, not from the government?) Palin and her ilk are after the same kind of government interference. That is far more abominable than even this tragic event.

Of course it was preventable. We could have removed him from the military at the first inkling of potential wrongdoing. However, if we did that, we would probably remove many more valuable people, most of which would not have ended up doing something reprehensible.

Of course they do. All the bloviators have rushed to the mics to say so.

None of them has served in the military with the possible exception of McCain who will say absolutely anything to get a vote.

Many of them are lawyers who would grab in a heartbeat a discrimination suit that easy. Many have also voted in the affirmative for laws that forbid discrimination.

This is why politicians wither in the sunlight. As for the public – it goes a long way toward understanding why American Idol is popular.

Can I get a collective "Duh"?

There is far too much evidence that those in leadership at Fort Hood and law enforcement were aware of his sympathies with those who justify acts of terror to further their ideological beliefs. This man is a terrorist just like those who would kill abortion clinic workers as a means to further their agenda. Terrorist acts involve the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. To try to claim that just because someone doesn't act as part of a larger group they are not a terrorist is ridiculous. Terrorism is about the means to an ideological end, not about the package in which it comes.