Well, he may have been stressed out, but that doesn’t excuse his actions. There are other ways of dealing with this.
I think he should have gotten the death penalty.
But since nobody gets it - except Timothy McVeigh, obviously to keep him from revealing what he knew - I guess life in prison is acceptable. At least we know that he, being a non-Muslim average white person, will serve it in great discomfort and misery. On the other hand, when Hassan gets it (because believe me, they’re definitely not going to put him to death), he’s going to be in the lap of luxury.
For Hassan, it will be Islamic tasty treats on holidays, Islamic food prepared by a chef the rest of the time, visits from his mullah and group prayers...and probably being able to write his book, “Jihad and Me.”
forget the stress for now, just look at the multi. closed head injuries,partial loss of his left foot,loss of his best friend,multi. back to back deployments, Just these few factors alone should have at least brought him home for at least a year or more just for rehab & rest & readjustment.
but the Army kept sending him back into a meat grinder. Men & women are NOT machines are abound to snap at some time. The Army has a lot to blame for this too, as well as an Admin. that ties the hands of our troops behind their backs so they can not win the war....