[Volunteer]

From what I have read thus far, this appears to be a soldier with PTSD who snapped.

I know the Army has done some work to address these issues, but with multiple deployments, I wonder if we are just asking too much of our soldiers?

[fatnotlazy]

Yes. Why was be sent over for a fourth deployment when he didn’t want to go? I should think he gave more than enough.

Ah, but you know somehow it will be Bush’s fault.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Yes either PTSD or he just plain snapped. Multiple deployments plus, he watched his buddy loose a leg the day before.

After 10 years, we are asking an awful lot of our soldiers.

My heart breaks for every one of our guy’s who’s lives will never be the same.

Damn the mooslimbs and their horrific, so called religion.

[katiedidit1]

Staff Sergeant Bales was treated TWICE for anger management before he was sent on his 4th tour. Yes, it is a lot to ask a healthy soldier to do four tours in a war zone let alone a man that had lost part of his foot, been treated for brain injury and was already a hero.
A little mind game was played when they told him he would not go back for the fourth tour but they reversed it and sent him anyway.
I am on the side of Staff Sgt Bales...the doctors should have never given him a green light knowing he had a physical injury and brain trauma.

[Uri’el-2012]

From what I have read thus far, this appears to be a soldier with PTSD who snapped

I sure hope he was not being treated
with psychotropic drugs : SSRIs

If so the shrink needs to be charged with murder !

[noinfringers2]

My question about this tragedy is whether or not there is that much difference to killing innocent/noncombatant lives with aerial carpet bombing in time of war. Perhaps some people don’t see our troops being in a war zone but just a policing action. I also think of the atom bomb. War is hell and I can vouch for this as a WWII vet with an only brother killed on Okinawa. Our so called leaders want to play war as both a political game and a killing game. I don’t know that war can be both as to necessary actions/outcomes.