I'm disturbed. What's your excuse?

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Monday, November 9. 2009

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The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.

Fort Hood shooter was psychologically disturbed by his own job citing stress-related thoughts after hearing his own patients post-war stories.

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#1 cats on 11/09/09 at 10:59 AM

I think that the lawyers, even with their knowledge of how difficult if not impossible to it is to convince a jury of the insanity plea, use it since they have to have some reason for the senseless heinous crimes their clients commit.
After all, could a defense attorney really say to a jury, "He's just a terrible person, a mean SOB but his mama loves him so I'm begging you not to give him the death penalty."?
The insanity defense eats up lots of time ( which is always to the advantage of the defense team since it makes the horror a distant memory) but I don't think it really is beneficial in the end. A jury will generally make the right decision.
The murders at Fort Hood are another beast altogether. As the truth about the shooter come out, I foresee a backlash for those with Muslim sounding names.

#2 Anonymous on 11/09/09 at 12:32 PM

September 11, 2001 and November 5, 2009. Nidal Malik Nasan and Brain Nichols should die and goes to hell. Both death warrant. No stay for Brain Nichols. No stay for Nidal Malik Nasan. Anti Muslims. Christianity and Jewish rules. Never forget September 11. Never forget Ft. Hood.

#3 Anonymous on 11/09/09 at 06:51 PM

Of course they were crazy, but that had nothing to do with the premeditation it took to commit the crimes! Ft Hood guy is an American Terrorist and I do not understand why we are having such a hard time calling him that!

#4 bo's girl on 11/10/09 at 12:29 AM

It is time to rise up and to be aware of what is going on around us. Why you ask...How disturbing it was to hear that our United States army was invaded by a terriorest. Not only did he kill and mame with a gun he has also complete the task with his mouth and a stroke of a pen. He counciled young men and women who were either getting ready to deploy or who were coming back from deployment. The things he could open his mouth and say or not say; he had them one on one, how perfect.
It is time to call your representives and to let them know that you are not pleased with the job the pentagon did. They knew he was a muslim and yet he was able to take up arms; to be called a UNITED STATES SOLDIER; and all along he had a different agenda then to protect and defend the constition of the United States of America.
Parents of those who are in the armed forces be blount with your children, tell them the dangers of serving with those who are muslim their agenda is so much different. We are all infidels! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE? MAYBE IT IS TIME TO FIND OUT!
GOD BLESS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES KEEP THEM SAFE ON THE BATTLE FIELD AND AT HOME.

#5 Anonymous on 11/10/09 at 05:40 AM

This is nothing to do with 99 percent of Muslims. It is about people getting whipped up in a frenzy by religion and heritage no matter what group they are in and us allowing people like that to have access to weapons. His immediate military superiors around him and the CIA and FBI are also guilty of not doing their jobs. Anyone who makes the statement they are a certain religion first and soldier second needs to be thrown out right away instead of promoted.

#6 Enoc Siuol on 11/10/09 at 09:16 AM

What would you do if one day you were a Christian in the army and the country you swore to serve was an Islamic nation? This country was engaged in a war where you had to go out and kill Christians because the atrocities of numerous extremist Christian zealots. Would you stand down and ask to be a conscientious objector? If so, and the military denied your request and that you must be deployed to the war zone and use your skills to heal the mental pain of those the military sent out to kill the Christians. Could you do it? Would it throw you over the edge or maybe snap to the point that you loose all sense of reality. Maj. Nidgal Hasan warned his superiors that this may be too much for an American Muslim soldier to handle and may result in a backlash that could cause terrible consequences. What he did was horrifying but could it have been prevented if the military did not use a cookie cutter mentality and understood that what they ask of their soldiers who are already is a precarious situation may cause metal break downs. People are not machines and for those who have never experienced extreme mental stress will not understand the venerability of the human mind. What happened was appalling and we should ask ourselves how could this kind of thing of happen. I think to be placed in a war zone and trained to take another’s life and have to follow through by doing so is something one carries until the day they die. For to be able to depersonalize the killing of an enemy is a comfort many soldier do not have if the enemy is of the same belief system as the victor. The military is just one huge green machine and tragedies will continue to happen as long as people are looked at as just widgets.

#7 aasuinmi on 11/11/09 at 12:41 PM

I you really that stupid, that you think all Muslims are like him? This is still America where anyone regardless of you religious beliefs can serve in the military and protect their and your country. I served with Muslims when I was in the Army and they were fine soldiers. This is one case, and God willing he will be punished to the max (all though the last Military execution has been a long time ago). So in your opinion what’s next? Since we have extremist who are homegrown christen terrorist in this country that claim to be non-denominational, do we ban all non-denominational men and women from serving?

#8 Assassin on 11/12/09 at 08:46 PM

It is obvious Bo's girl did not pay attention in history class. Name one war the US has fought in where they did not benifit from people from religion other than christianty. I am deployed in Iraq and proudly fighting along side muslims and yes i am a christian.

#9 Enoc Siuol on 11/13/09 at 06:20 AM

Excellent point....I just hope others also get it too.

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