The tragic events of yesterday at Ft. Hood are simply awful; I do not think it is helped when I hear talking heads rambling on about things they know nothing about.
Similar to when fighters failed to shoot down the hijacked aircraft on 9/11 or when talking heads bemoaned the response time of the military to Hurricane Katrina victims, I now hear people asking "How could this have happened on post? Should not people trained to deal with this have responded quicker? Why are our military personnel not armed to defend themselves?"
I would just like to say to all the Joe Pags out there...please, stop rambling on about something that you admit you know nothing about. Stop speculating. Stop trying to provoke.
Bad things happen. Mentally disturbed people surround us ALL THE TIME. Should the Army been more proactive in dealing with this individual if the claims of his blog postings and commentaries are true, certainly. But to suggest that the Army could have prevented this tragedy if those soldiers were armed I think is a bit obtuse. A soldier is not always going to be armed...if those at this center were, this evil would have been perpetrated somewhere else where people were not armed, like at an elementary school, gym, or playground.
I am not saying that the loss of life is somehow easier to accept since most of the victims were soldiers who knew the danger their chosen profession entailed. What I am saying is that to suggest this tragedy could have been avoided had those soldiers been armed is missing the overall truth of this situation. This man was evil and he perpetrated an evil act. He would not have been stopped; he would have chosen an easier target where his victims would have been even less protected.
My final thought is the media is saying how this major did want to deploy. What I would like to know, is when did he join the Army. Since he is a psychiatrist, he most likely came in as a Captain...which means it is possible he signed up after 9/11. That is something that needs to be clarified and if he did sign up after 9/11 and objected to the war...what was he doing?
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