When the country you have repeatedly risked your life to defend, becomes one that could elect an Obama and all that entails — can be a VERY significant demoralizing issue.
Seeing that black racist Communist, incompetent bullshit artist and terrorist sympathizer - together with his “fellow travelers”, thugs, racists and anti-constitutionalists in power - would cause ANY warrior to fall into deep depression..
This depression would be amplified - if the warrior has lost the closest friends a human can form - ones they have faced death with.
The loss in defense of the nabobs, assholes and corrupt sonsuvbitches in office now as a result of a dumbed down and treacherous American electorate - would be horribly compounded and seen as unacceptable.
“When the country you have repeatedly risked your life to defend, becomes one that could elect an Obama and all that entails — can be a VERY significant demoralizing issue.”
I am afraid you’re right on the button. These brave men and women have been told that they are “War criminals by proxy” from 2003 on. How can any of them feel like their new Commander-in-chief supports them? Who could blame those who feel remorse, guilt, hopelessness? They are heroes who fight a righteous battle. They deserve better.
I agree wholeheartedly you have isolated 'the cause'. I also believe firmly that 'acting out' is a modern day thing...(you and I were raised on 'sticks and stones...etc'). a la 'road rage', BDS, Columbine, etc. Whether that then is Ritilin induced, or other-caused is the question. The Ft. Campbell concentration is 'interestin' and perhaps significant or not (ie, is there a concentration of muslims at Campbell, for instance). KY certainly couldn't be a 'liberal stronghold'....but bottom line, you nailed it!