Can We Please Profile Now?

According to reports coming out this morning, the shooter at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday who killed 13 and left 30 wounded in a murderous rampage shouted "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire.  Of course that is the Islamic phrase for "God Is Great" allegedly shouted by the pilots who flew planes into the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001 and shouted from the rooftops the night of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.

Now before we search the bra of another college girl flying home for Christmas, or make a wheel chair bound grandma leave her toe nail clippers behind could we please stop pretending that the enemies of our way of life are not currently, and predominantly, Islamists, like Major Nadal Malik Hasan who shouted the Jihad war cry as he was killing innocent Americans?

It doesn't have to be an official policy, but if the rest of us are a little worried about the Iranian guy in front of us as we board a plane, can't we at least allow law enforcement and military officials a bit more freedom from the politically correct BS being hyped by our esteemed president who earlier this year declared the United States to be on of the the largest Muslim nations in the world? 

Can we please profile now?  Maybe just a little bit?

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I'm wanting this to happen myself, but to what extent? I'm all for going as far as revoking ALL active visa's and other forms of temporary residency and forcing any wanting to return to go through a more thorough re-entry process with more stringent provisions attached to any issued permits to enter the country. As well as immediately discharge ALL Muslims from the military and public office. It's not a politically correct approach, but if it saves lives then so be it.

On the other hand we do have those who are embracing western culture - and becoming targets for doing so. Take that poor girl who was recently run over by her father for example. Or the girl from Ohio living in fear that her family will also kill her for abandoning their faith. We can't turn our backs on those who truly want to integrate into America. There are also those currently in our military that have fought bravely for our nation against those of their same faith. There are those who truly embrace the ideals that all Americans hold, including the sanctity of life. Albeit I do believe they are fewer than those who condone the violence against non-believers and their own rule-breakers.

So what would be the reasonable way to do this? I don't care squat about being labeled and don't give a damn about being "pc" - but I don't want to shun those who honestly want to live as we do. One thing is abundantly clear, we cannot allow senseless killings to continue because we don't want to "offend" anyone!