Deadly Fort Hood Shooting Raises Serious Questions About Religion in the Armed Forces

A guy goes on a shooting rampage.--with Muslim affections. Should he have been given better options so as not to force him into an internal ideological battle between his religious beliefs and his military duty? Or would his religious beliefs have eventually culminated in the same act anyway, and this was simply a matter of timing or an uncontrolled melt-down?

Is religion so dangerous, it must be eradicated from the armed forces? Isn't government then demanding a  strict compliance with an Atheistic Doctrine? Every chunk of religious freedom pulled out of the arms of the people is forcing Athesim as the only acceptable government-mandated belief system. Religion has received it's fair share of trouncing within the military ranks, and this horrific scenario with religious undertones works like Napalm to spread the anti-religious flame.

If we had recognized the shooter's Muslim affiiations with suspicion in the Fort Hood incident, we would have been guilty of "profiling."  If we had insisted he integrate himself into the greater community, we would have been accused of being "intolerant." If we suggested his ideologies presented a danger within the community, we would be deemed ""hypocritical".  A concept in need of revisiting, the military chooses well when it utilizes specialists in the war theatre for whom battle would not purposely carve scars.

Imagine an anti-abortionist forced to work in an abortion clinic. She would not be an excited employee, a teachable employee, or a positive employee. She would be miserable, and her work would follow suit. Why would we surmise a member of the military does not also suffer such similar internal dilemmas? We need to peer through the smoke, lingering in this most recent situation, and focus our attention on the smoking gun.

Construe this as a thought in question, and by no means a justification or a defense of the shooter's actions.
Our prayers for the Lord's nearness and comfort for our wounded service personnell, as we grieve with the families of those fine people we've lost, in this time of shock and tears.