You have to read the entire article:
“Eddie Routh served one tour in Iraq in 2007, at Balad Air Base (the 2nd largest U.S. installation in Iraq), with no significant events. No combat experience. Let me say that again, he NEVER SAW COMBAT or any aspect of traumatic events associated with a combat deployment (i.e. incoming mortar or rocket fire). He never left the base, EVER.”
However, they should have used this info instead of the facial hair headline, which is more relevant than the hair angle.
I read it and townhall looks like idiots for pushing this on their website
Here is the whole equation from this article:
Routh’s weird beard + no direct combat to cause PTSD + guarding muslim prisoners for two years + expressing sympathy for the muslim prisoners in phone calls to Routh’s father + shooting two men who killed lots of muslims = Routh just may be a jihadi sympathizer &/or muslim convert (doesn’t matter which)