Draft? Absolutely not.
A big part of why Bales’ trial was concluded so quickly was b/c he fessed up to what he did. He didn’t play games with the court system. You could make the argument that he just did that to get out of the death penalty, and that argument has merits, but, frankly, life without parole was a possibility from that moment, and that could be seen as a worse fate. Also Bales isn’t a coward. He did it for his kids? I don’t know. I can’t imagine there’s going to be a lot of visiting time in the future.
People can sit here and in their homes and condemn him as a mass murderer who deserves what he gets, but this is a very, very sad story all the way around, no matter how you look at it. Innocent people (probably) are dead, a terrific NCO with a bright future is now in chains for life, and a family is ruined. Heartbreaking.
I agree, FSEater...it is heartbreaking.