[Gay State Conservative]

Considering that the defendant never served in combat what is your point?

I could swear that I read that this guy was a friend,or at least an acquaintance,of Kyle's who had,in fact,served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan.

[Jane Long]

He served, but according to reports/records, he never saw combat. I read that the assignments he had were pretty cushy, for the most part.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

He served over there, but according to everything I have read, never saw combat.

He only started to “lose it” in Haiti, in the aftermath of the earthquake.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He did serve in Iraq. But he remained on base and was never in combat.

Being deployed to a combat zone (possibility of combat) and being in combat are two very different things.

[Sioux-san]

Routh was a jail guard in Iraq - maybe he got “Bergdohled” into sympathizing with the enemy. Many question/Few answers that will ever be investigated.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3253356/posts?page=57