My guess is that this guy probably snapped in large part due to the restrictive (self-defeating) ROEs that got his buddies killed.
Touchy feely war is only hard on us.
I am wondering if this Staff Sgt was in command of some of the soldiers who are being “investigated” for the Koran burnings. It does not justify what has been reported but it might explain why he “snapped” if that is really what happened.
So many questions at this point and sadly, I don’t trust the media or the military brass to give us the real answers!
Or, his name could be Sgt. Farouk Mahmoud, and this could have been set up by The Taliban in order to get us out of there even sooner. I've got no evidence. But it's not like we don't have these guys in our military.