One theory (as I watched NBC’s Nightly News) was that it could be related to a brain injury that this soldier received while on tour in Iraq. The reason they have no idea what said him off is because he’s not talking.
Don’t psycho-analyse the soldier trained to kill, then snaps – he’s more of a victim than a perpetrator. Investigate and treat the politicians back home who train young men and women to kill, then sends them off to foreign countries to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people, for what purpose no one seems able to explain adequately. The number of innocent people murdered by one rogue soldier pales in comparison to the orchestrated killing by the “legal” war machine.
Please! Suicide,depression and PTSD are common in returning veterans. I get to take care of them once in a while, so I know. Who are you anyway? What have you done for our returning veterans….nothing!
When one of their’s “snaps” and shoots two of our military men he’s been working with, in his country that has been invaded, their whole population is nothing but “savages”. Pardon me for regarding what “the enemy” might think of the invaders with this?
Experience DOES sometimes bring wisdom, and a degree of humility. What WE need to learn as a society is: “never again”.
“Never again” has been said many times, but it always happens again. A realization and a determination by the general public that foreign issues are not solved with guns and bombs would be a better approach. But read the blogs – too many think the solution is even more violence.
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. They can send a suicide bomber into a girls school and that’s cool. We have one guy who snaps after four tours and we’re the bad guys? Yeah, that’s fair.
Interesting all the people now defending (on TV and in the press) the Sergeant because of 3 Iraq deployments, one in Afghanistan and his PTSD potential. Three deployments in today’s “combat zones” IS INSANE! However, consider, British, Russian, and U.S. invasions and Afghans don’t know anything BUT war! Invaders bringing THEM war!
I understand PTSD, I have PTSD, my son now has PTSD, but even at that, it does NOT take away our sense of right/wrong, or the moral knowledge of our actions. To raise a child “takes a village”, to remove all ethical behavior and morality in a thing called “war”, it takes a whole nation.
“They” are offended when their religious symbols are burned. “They” take offense when their children are murdered and their nations invaded. “We” are “civilized”, and send our army in to do our killing for us so we can get oil, or a mere “sense of achievement and pride”.
Remember how “critical” it is to the nation’s survival that we hold hand over heart when the Star Spangled Banner is played? Right, we place no value on mere “symbols”.
I love my country. I love my children. I just wish my countrymen weren’t so childish.
pirate227 about 12 years ago
He was on his fourth tour. Time to get the hell out of there.
dannysixpack about 12 years ago
^especially when you arm both sides.
Ketira about 12 years ago
One theory (as I watched NBC’s Nightly News) was that it could be related to a brain injury that this soldier received while on tour in Iraq. The reason they have no idea what said him off is because he’s not talking.
Gypsy8 about 12 years ago
Don’t psycho-analyse the soldier trained to kill, then snaps – he’s more of a victim than a perpetrator. Investigate and treat the politicians back home who train young men and women to kill, then sends them off to foreign countries to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people, for what purpose no one seems able to explain adequately. The number of innocent people murdered by one rogue soldier pales in comparison to the orchestrated killing by the “legal” war machine.
jmrocher2001 about 12 years ago
Dr. Who, do you really hold US servicemen and women to that low a standard of conduct?
Simon_Jester about 12 years ago
But Mommmmmmm! Achmed does it toooooo!
agate1 about 12 years ago
Please! Suicide,depression and PTSD are common in returning veterans. I get to take care of them once in a while, so I know. Who are you anyway? What have you done for our returning veterans….nothing!
Dtroutma about 12 years ago
When one of their’s “snaps” and shoots two of our military men he’s been working with, in his country that has been invaded, their whole population is nothing but “savages”. Pardon me for regarding what “the enemy” might think of the invaders with this?
Experience DOES sometimes bring wisdom, and a degree of humility. What WE need to learn as a society is: “never again”.
Gypsy8 about 12 years ago
“Never again” has been said many times, but it always happens again. A realization and a determination by the general public that foreign issues are not solved with guns and bombs would be a better approach. But read the blogs – too many think the solution is even more violence.
walruscarver2000 about 12 years ago
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. They can send a suicide bomber into a girls school and that’s cool. We have one guy who snaps after four tours and we’re the bad guys? Yeah, that’s fair.
Dtroutma about 12 years ago
Interesting all the people now defending (on TV and in the press) the Sergeant because of 3 Iraq deployments, one in Afghanistan and his PTSD potential. Three deployments in today’s “combat zones” IS INSANE! However, consider, British, Russian, and U.S. invasions and Afghans don’t know anything BUT war! Invaders bringing THEM war!
I understand PTSD, I have PTSD, my son now has PTSD, but even at that, it does NOT take away our sense of right/wrong, or the moral knowledge of our actions. To raise a child “takes a village”, to remove all ethical behavior and morality in a thing called “war”, it takes a whole nation.
“They” are offended when their religious symbols are burned. “They” take offense when their children are murdered and their nations invaded. “We” are “civilized”, and send our army in to do our killing for us so we can get oil, or a mere “sense of achievement and pride”.
Remember how “critical” it is to the nation’s survival that we hold hand over heart when the Star Spangled Banner is played? Right, we place no value on mere “symbols”.
I love my country. I love my children. I just wish my countrymen weren’t so childish.