Big Man With A Gun

So as I'm sure everyone has heard, There was a shooting on the Fort Hood military base November 5. There were 13 fatalities(one of whom was 3 months pregnant) and 30 more who were wounded. The big twist? The shooter was one of our own soldiers. He was U.S. Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hassan was the one who carried out the shootings. I'm not going to get into motives because there could be numerous possibilities. Instead, I''m going to ask whether we should allow Muslims--which Nadal Malik Hassan would say to students "I'm a Muslim first, and an American second."--into our army (quote from here)

Now, I feel I should state I have no problems with Muslims or any other group for that matter. I'm just not sure how secure I feel when people who are supposed to be protecting me and my rights have conflicting interests with our army. The article above states several times how many of Nadal Malik Hassan's fellow soldiers doubted his loyalty to the military and the country. That's not someone I would want fighting for me. I know not all Muslims have the same extremist views as Hassan but I wish there was a way we could make sure and then decline them based on that extremist belief. That won't ever happen though because we have to be tolerant of every little thing and if we say "No" to anybody for any small reason it is considered "discrimination."