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Shooting at a military recruitment center in Chattanooga

Intimadator2007 said:
We have 4 dead marines killed on American soil by a Foreign terrorist and this president csnnot order the Flag at the white house to be flown at half mast in there memory , Its disgusting .
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Totally agree
 
Shooting at a military recruitment center in Chattanooga

Since apparently all we are doing are comparing the two events, it wasn't flown at half mast for Charleston either.

http://us.halfstaff.org/
 
Wake said:
Both surprise me, but looking at the list, they aren't flown at half staff for very many non holidays.
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There does not appear to be a large consistency...Boston, Newtown, Wash Navy Yard were on there, but many others were not.
 
emart2173 said:
Ft Hood was workplace violence, for this administration to say its terrorism goes against their rhetoric of AQ on the run, iSIS isn't a threat bc they at JV and after that was proven wrong they aren't a threat here and our biggest threat are lone wolves. I agree it's a slap in the face if they don't say it was a terrorist attack but the actions of a certain resident of DC today shows how much military lives don't matter
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The Ft. Hood shooting has since been changed to be considered an act of terrorism, as it was inspired by a foreign terrorist group. That language did not exist in previous versions of the definition of acts of terror or war, which is why the Ft. Hood shooting went so long as "workplace violence." Call a horse a horse til you're blue in the face, if there isn't policy, it won't make a bit of difference. We're still dealing with the military here. Designating the attack retroactively as terrorism entitled the dead and wounded to Purple Heart medals, and the families are given access to additional benefits.

The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act broadened the definition of a foreign terrorist attack to include attacks inspired, motivated, supplied, or trained for by foreign terror groups. The Marines killed in Chattanooga will receive the Purple Heart (posthumously), and their survivors will get access benefits comparable to the family of a soldier who dies in combat. So in answer to Donne's question, there is a fair amount of difference between something that is designated an act of terror and ordinary violence.
 
Thanks for the clarification Steve.
 
Paladin said:
The Ft. Hood shooting has since been changed to be considered an act of terrorism, as it was inspired by a foreign terrorist group. That language did not exist in previous versions of the definition of acts of terror or war, which is why the Ft. Hood shooting went so long as "workplace violence." Call a horse a horse til you're blue in the face, if there isn't policy, it won't make a bit of difference. We're still dealing with the military here. Designating the attack retroactively as terrorism entitled the dead and wounded to Purple Heart medals, and the families are given access to additional benefits.

The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act broadened the definition of a foreign terrorist attack to include attacks inspired, motivated, supplied, or trained for by foreign terror groups. The Marines killed in Chattanooga will receive the Purple Heart (posthumously), and their survivors will get access benefits comparable to the family of a soldier who dies in combat. So in answer to Donne's question, there is a fair amount of difference between something that is designated an act of terror and ordinary violence.
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Im following with ya but the administration IMO had no intention of calling the Ft Hood anything but workplace violence but the pushback is what got it changed.
 
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