Posted on 02/02/2013 8:28:28 PM PST by smoothsailing
From what I’ve read, Routh wasn’t in the Marine corp’s long enough to have been deployed. Perhaps he went there as a friend of someone else?
Prayers for Chris Kyle and his friend, and their loved ones!
Why did they take a man who obviously had severe PTSD to the shooting range? The only thing I can think of is that he was afraid of guns after a traumatic incident, but he obviously needed intensive therapy. I don’t know what therapist would recommend sending him there, and if that therapist did, I would think the therapist would have ascertained that his mental health was stable enough to go there and would have accompanied him. It’s either a therapist actually thought he was stable enough to go and sent him with these guys or these guys took it upon themselves to try to help him in this manner. Either way, this backfired in a big way.
This man is obviously a hero for his service to this country, and I see he was friends with the Palins. That’s more indication he was a good guy. We lost another good one too young. May he and his neighbor go with God.
“Routh was driving Kyle’s truck at the time of his arrest
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WTH? Lots of unanswered questions. We’ll have to wait and hope the answers come out.
Hm. You “made” me write a lengthy response but I decided against posting it. All I can really say is, in the type of PTSD I’m familiar with you don’t strive to desensitize the patient to the trauma, you attempt to re-sensitize them to their core personality as it existed prior to the trauma.
PTSD is nasty. Attempting to desensitize someone suffering from it is like juggling flares in the shallow end of a pool filled with aviation fuel. Sooner, rather than later, someone’s going to get killed.
But there are many other disorders where desensitization is very effective.
I can’t believe this has happened..I have his book..Saw him interviewed by O’Reilly and others. He was an American Hero.
Another 20's something male that intersects with Government--ex Marine.
Seal Commander in A'stan commits suicide. Doherty killed in Libya. 30 Seals on Seal Team 6 killed in copter crash in A'stan.
Something is very wrong here. This Administration is capable of anything--it is the biggest collection of Communists, anti-Americans, and thieves ever assembled in DC. And they are creating a pile of cash out of thin air and giving it to all their cronies to advance their country killing agenda.
bump to the sky
Any idea on why?
Not really, even the cops seem baffled. There has been some chatter on the spec ops board about the killer’s girlfriend and the second victim (not Chris Kyle). Love triangle speculation type stuff. Nothing confirmed. May be nothing.
Odessa, Tx-born Soldier Killed In Shooting Range Incident
May he rest in peace.......
★Tamara Jolee★ @TamaraJoleeTV - Here is a pic of Chris Kyle and his wife Taya. They have 2 children. Other victim Chad is married to my friend Leanne
Another incident where a mentally unstable person just starts killing people...
Banning mentally ill people from owning guns is the only gun control legislation I am interested in!
Who the heck thought it was a great idea to hand a weapon to someone mentally unstable as “treatment” ???
I agree. However, not in a conspiracy mindset. The men who choose the warriors path will always gravitate towards gunfire. Ever since the UBL mission, anyone with a glancing association of the Teams has garnered huge amounts of media attention.
IMHO Naval Special Warfare was honored to be given the mission, but regrets the spotlight it has focused on it's operators.
Prayers for Chris' family.
Prayers to my fellow brother Chief. Sad news for America!
What a beautiful couple! Give my condolences to your friend. I know their families are devastated by this senseless tragedy!
Right now the lefties are trying to figure out how to twist this tragedy to their advantage.
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