First we had Army Chief of Staff General George Casey, as 13 soldiers lay dead by the hand of Islamic radical Major Nidal Hasan, warning that a worse tragedy would be if the Army lost its focus on diversity as a result of the carnage. Then there was the report of the "independent" commission -- co-chaired by career Washington insider and former Secretary of the Army Togo West -- that failed to consider, or at least mention that radical Islam or terrorist proclivities may have played a role in the "incident."Now we have Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker asserting that there was no way that Hasan's superiors "could have predicted" Hasan's murderous rampage.  Talk about a failure to connect the dots.Here is what was known about Hasan prior to his contribution to the global jihad:He continually and increasingly espoused radical views, including a justification of the suicide bombing of innocents, and the conviction that Shari'a law should trump the...(Read Full Post)