[achilles2000]

As I said, you are making things up. It also doesn’t matter to his potential victims that he might have had “self-esteem” problems, “depression”, or thought he was the Paraclete of Caborca and the Angel of the Bottomless Pit.

If your husband or son had been killed by Taliban as a result of this guy sleeping on guard duty I am quite sure you would want him hung by the testicles until dead (after a court martial, of course).

[muawiyah]

Clinical Depression is not a question of "emotions" ~ and it's far from being under the control of the person affected. Actually, this guy was 21 and that's a very common age for the first manifestations of Schizophrenia or BiPolar disorder to appear.

Those are genetically controlled conditions ~ talk therapy doesn't work. In a combat situation chronic sleepiness is a special condition ~ it's not like these guys are up partying all night you know.

Modern standards are to treat the nut cases, not shoot them.

[muawiyah]

BTW, if I new my kid had been killed by a company nut case whose symptoms were well known to his officer(s) I'd track them down and dispose of them like trash.

And you? Why do I have this image of you kissing their butts and thanking them for identifying the bad guy for you to rage about in private.