I just saw in a CNN alert that he has been charged with 7 murders and faces the death penalty.
Actually, that does put some f the blame on the Marines. Not only should his superior have seen something, but they do have regular mental health checks and someone should have seen something. Often times, though, soldiers are chided for going on sick call by superiors and made to feel weak or somehow less of a soldier or a man if they go. I fought against this all the time as a medic. -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 4:23 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier? that's where I was going with the why was he on active duty thing. But I am not buying that it's all the fault of the Army and they should have seen it coming, either. Not unless a whole lot comes out at trial about him asking for help and not getting it. By the way, anyone know if courts-martial normally permit media coverage? On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Not to defend him, but different people react differently. I would > say PTSD played a role in this and that more than likely, the Marine's > metal health serves failed this soldier, but the fact does remain that > he went on to murder people. Sometimes the "crazy" doesn't come to > the surface until triggered. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 3:02 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Is madness the verdict in the Afghan massacre by US soldier? > > > pretty sure there will be an insanity defense. And I think I saw that > he saw friend get his leg blown off the day before. But still. The > answer to that, I think is that a lot of soldiers live through > horrifying situations, and don't go out and shoot children afterwards. > The guy who shot two cops and a few more random people in Albuqueruque > about three years ago was certifiably bat-shit crazy, and his doctor > changed his meds. Him I feel for a little bit, because he *did* go to > the ER and say please help me, and didn't get it. (And as I recall, > he's in a mental health hospital now, not jail. But he's locked up, > and probably won't ever get out.) > > If he was crazy enough to shoot children why was he on active duty? > > If he was crazy enough and distressed enough to do this then why > didn't he seek help? As far as I know even in Kandahar there's a way > to say you know what, I'm losing it. I scare myself. Take my gun away. > If he's just an asshole, throw the book at him. This is one of the > most egregious crimes I've ever heard of, a) because it was a massacre > of the helpless and b) because of the harm it does to the war effort. > It wiped out the gains made because of the sacrifices of many, many other soldiers. > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Tony <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > am I insane to think that this kinda thing is not surprising at all, > > that we have driven out boys to madness (some of them) and that > > although he pulled the trigger, it's our lust for war and oil that > > is the cause of this, and the more we re-deploy and re-deploy more > > and more of this will continue. I mean, the dude was TRAINED to > > kill, has seen the unimaginable, has more flashbacks than we can > > conceive and we drove him to this. just look at they murdered wives > > and others when dudes come home from the frontlines. it's gotta be > > hard to separate all of this mentally and expect to come back with > > any sort of normalcy > intact. > > > > idk I feel for him, and his family > > > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions > > < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> He's going to face 17 counts of murder. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/22/10816077-defense-off > > ic > > ial-staff-sgt-robert-bales-to-face-17-murder-counts-in-afghanistan-m > > as > > sacre > > >> > > > > > > In other kinda off topic but interesting tangent news; at least a > > > police Chief has stepped down. > > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/bill-lee-trayvon-martin_n_1 > > 37 > > 3475.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
