Someone sent this to me today. I don't know if they are the original author or not, but it gave me a bit of pause and had me thinking.
Before reading this and having my memory jogged, I was thinking of '68 with My Lai and Lt. Calley. Part of me was thinking that the shooter really needed to be bound over to the Afghans. Part of me was thinking, Christ 4 Combat deployments in those sh!tholes! Anyone could crack.
I always say you can't judge unless you are there. I don't see a justification for the actions, but I can see "snapping".
Figured I'd post it and open up a big can of worms.
"After reading the headlines today about the US soldier who shot up Afghanistan civilians, I couldnt help noticing an irony.
There is all this clamor to try this guy quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasnt stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible.
So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately.
But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience.
Two and a half years later, they still havent tried the murderous bastard."
Dave
Before reading this and having my memory jogged, I was thinking of '68 with My Lai and Lt. Calley. Part of me was thinking that the shooter really needed to be bound over to the Afghans. Part of me was thinking, Christ 4 Combat deployments in those sh!tholes! Anyone could crack.
I always say you can't judge unless you are there. I don't see a justification for the actions, but I can see "snapping".
Figured I'd post it and open up a big can of worms.
"After reading the headlines today about the US soldier who shot up Afghanistan civilians, I couldnt help noticing an irony.
There is all this clamor to try this guy quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasnt stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible.
So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately.
But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience.
Two and a half years later, they still havent tried the murderous bastard."
Dave