The person to blame is the shooter.

He did it to make a statement and likely to end his life.

Had it been only about deployment he could have resigned his commission and soon been back to work in most any military hospital in the states.

Military Officers have no set term of service and can basically quit.

He had other motives for staying in the Army.

His religious views may have played a part but that should no more cover the whole religion than when any other religious nut does something as tragic.

The last I heard he was unconscious.

I do so hope he recovers from his wounds and faces what he has done.
Just a clarification here. i just finished my marine corps and army rotc applications and this is how it works. 5 year active or 8 years reserve after college. if you are so lucky to get to be a medical porfessional they tack on two years for every year of medical school. you do your residency in the military. So he most likely wasnt quite done yet.


My thoughts on this guy........
complete coward i hope he burns, freezes, etc. in whatever hell you can imagine. He was a PSYCHOLOGIST. he would be on some of the most secure bases on Earrh while over there or maybe if he was lucky enough he would remain on a ship. Statistically he would probably be safer not like he would be going out on patrols in the afghani mountains.

Second i think religion played a role in this event. do i think it was the one factor, no. but i do not think that it could ever have helped. He obviously followed a radical form of islam as can be seen by his idea that suicide bombers are like American soldiers who throw themselves on grenades.

Thirdly i do not believe he was in any way shape or form suffering from ptsd. my cousin suffered from minor forms of ptsd after returning from iraq and another has nightmares after returning from a tour in afghanistan. The man cannot have ptsd, simply not possible.

Fourthly, I find it very difficult to believe he was harassed. no one harasses a major in the United States Army. Lower ranks for obvious reasons and higher ranks because you don't reach lieutenant colonel and higher by being a d. bag. I doubt the man even received very much innocent ribbing.

Fifthly, this man was insane, obviously.

finally i hate this man so passionately for his cowardice. My cousins segeant was an arab-american (believe his parents were kuwaiti or something of that ilk) who happened to be a sunni muslim. He was according to my cousin one of the bravest men he had ever met and won a bronze (award for valor) star while over in iraq........ so i hope this guy gets the death penalty and is sent to his eternal punishment even sooner.

Oh and does anyone else remember that guy right before desert storm (muslim) who threw a grenade into a tent of his comrades so he didnt have to fight........