[VRWCmember]

I’m guessing the responses will range from calling this incident a hate crime on one end to characterizing it as the brave actions of a vigilant reservist thwarting a perceived terrorist threat. It appears to me from reading the article that it was a serious error in judgment on the part of the reservist, possibly marked by confusion and misplaced suspicion, resulting in an unprovoked assault on an innocent victim.

[calex59]

I’m guessing the responses will range from calling this incident a hate crime on one end to characterizing it as the brave actions of a vigilant reservist thwarting a perceived terrorist threat. It appears to me from reading the article that it was a serious error in judgment on the part of the reservist, possibly marked by confusion and misplaced suspicion, resulting in an unprovoked assault on an innocent victim.

Let's think about this. Was this Marine ever deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan? Was he suffering from PTSD? Did the strain of possible deployment suddenly make him crack?

Seriously, if these arguments can be used to excuse an actual terrorist who killed and wounded American troops, they can be used to excuse this guy.

I have another thought also. What religion is this Marine? Did he purposely do this in order to give plausibility to the scream of "backlash against muslims"?

I suggest this Marine's IQ be tested and his alcohol level should have been tested also.

One other thing, fear and hatred of Muslims can make people do stuff like this, muslims had better fear backlash, it is coming sooner or later.(however, a Greek Orthodox looks nothing like a frickin' muslim!)