Waging holy war

With an enemy defeated, we can turn to praying for his salvation | Janie B. Cheaney

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Chuck Norris does not have stomach problems; he is stomach problems (not an official "Chuck Norris fact"). But during a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center he fell prey to nausea upon learning that Major Nidal Hasan was a patient in the same facility as his victims. "To be honest, [writes Chuck] it made me sick to my stomach and sent shivers of disgust down my spine."

Hasan's shootout at Fort Hood is now considered the worst instance of domestic terrorism since 9/11, and his motives seem clear to anyone who will look. His reported behavior before and during reads like a checklist of jihadist protocol: Post disturbing messages online; give away possessions; visit strip club; shout "Allahu Akbar!" while raining destruction on infidels. Only at the end did his plan go awry.

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January 16, 2010, Vol. 25, No. 1

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