Gates FAX

Dear Secretary Gates:

THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES EXPECT MORE FROM OUR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT THAN WE ARE RECEIVING. CALL IT "MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK", if you will. WE EXPECT THE 5th COLUMN INSURGENCY OF ISLAMIST JIHADIS IN OUR MILITARY RANKS TO BE FERRETED OUT AND WE EXPECT IT FROM YOU, MR. GATES!

The Fort Hood terrorist is a Muslim fanatic, NOT an "anomaly," an "aberration," a "lone wolf", as the despicable MSM choose to portray him!

Together they form a dangerous Fifth Column, and the Pentagon — thanks to institutionalized political correctness — is doing next to nothing to root them out .

Instead, brass are actively recruiting Muslim soldiers — whose ranks have swelled to more than 15,000 — and catering to their faith by erecting mosques even at Marine headquarters in Quantico, Va. More, they're hiring Muslim chaplains endorsed by radical Islamic front groups, who convert and radicalize soldiers.

In the wake of the worst domestic military-base massacre in U.S. history, this is an outrage to say the least. And the PC blinders explain how Fort Hood commanders could have failed so horrifically in protecting their force from the internal threat there.

The terrorist suspect, an Islamic fanatic, penetrated deep into the Army's officer corps before gunning down, execution-style, more than 40 of his fellow soldiers where troops were sitting ducks, waiting to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, both wars that Hasan angrily opposed. "Muslims should stand up and fight the aggressor," he reportedly said earlier this year, referring to the U.S. — the country he swore to protect. And shouting "Allahu Akbar" resoundingly classifies this as terrorism within our military ranks!

Clearly, his loyalties lay elsewhere. And he's hardly alone.

The Pentagon must do a better job of vetting such recruits.  And it must do a better job of force protection — starting with beefing up its counterspying operations — before more intelligence is compromised and more soldiers are lost.

Sincerely,