Fort Hood Massacre

At the beginning of the month on November 5th there was a massive amount of shootings at Fort Hood in Texas. Thirteen people were killed and thirty people were wounded, the suspected shooter is Nidal Hasan who is still alive (but apparently he did not want to survive the shootings). The shooter was a U.S. Army psychiatrist and he is of Palestinian descent, he is also a Muslim. Apparently before the shootings, Hasan gave a lecture and he stated that those who were non-believers of the Islam faith would go to hell and he even justified the suicide bombings. Army officials were already worried about his behavior and were investigating some of the connections that he had with fellow Islamic believers.

I have read numerous articles about the Fort Hood shootings and every time I read them I feel very frightened. It makes me sad that something like this happened and I feel like it could have been prevented. If the Army officials were already suspicious of Hasan's behavior they should have just taken him out of the military. This shooting also makes me sad because people may not trust people of the Islamic faith even more now. I feel like people in America were already acting somewhat racist towards the Muslims in America and this could possibly make it worse. I am hoping that this does not happen and it is horrible that something like this happened.