Firing squad? Really?
This is a soldier who suffered traumatic brain injury. Why wasn’t he back home being treated? Why was he sent back into combat? He saw his buddy’s leg blown off the day before. He snapped. I hope a brain injury/PTSD defense is offered and accepted.
We owe it to our soldiers to give them the very best treatment when they are injured in the line of duty. We damaged this guy. Then gave him a gun and sent him back into duty.
Now we want to kill him?
Traumatic brain injury covers a lot of ground. His brain injury was a mild concussion from a rollover accident, not a severe injury from an IED. There was no treatment needed. He was sent back into combat because he petitioned to be retained in the service and convinced a medical board that he was fit.