Thread: Shootings at Fort Hood

Quote: Originally Posted by scottt Would be too easy to toe that line to be discharged rather than sent to Iraq. If I remember right, this happened years ago while he was training to be a shrink, long before he was on the list for Iraq. Of course he could have planned this way in advance, but that would be a bit far fetched to assume that rather than the simpler explanation.

Quote: Originally Posted by DG If I remember right, this happened years ago while he was training to be a shrink, long before he was on the list for Iraq. Of course he could have planned this way in advance, but that would be a bit far fetched to assume that rather than the simpler explanation. Iraq has been going on for several years already. Nobody would be deserting if you could get discharged just for saying something.

Well, that ought to teach people to call someone a camel jockey.

Quote: Originally Posted by DG There's always a reason why someone goes postal. Jilted by girlfriend, money troubles, co-workers pointing and laughing too much, Jihad, etc. yeah but its easier to get recruitment up by saying its a jihad and telling people to say it was a jihad and the guys name sounds muslim to even ignorant people. no one really talked about any jihad with the virginia tech shootings or columbine because the shooters...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mooreberg You don't become as wealthy as Tom Cruise without being right about something! Sad news. Very strange story. This was not PTSD, nothing I've read indicates he had been deployed previously. Looks like the way he got his paycheck and his religious values didn't mesh too well. That, or like pretty much anyone who kills other people in circumstances that do not promote self gain, he is insane....

Not sure why it takes so long. You can get a background check in a day or two.

Quote: Originally Posted by White Russ yeah but its easier to get recruitment up by saying its a jihad and telling people to say it was a jihad and the guys name sounds muslim to even ignorant people. no one really talked about any jihad with the virginia tech shootings or columbine because the shooters dont fit the muslim profile and the public wouldnt buy it as much

Quote: Originally Posted by Shaolin Another reason why I'm coming to the conclusion that the field of "mental health" is overwhelmingly bullshit... You don't become as wealthy as Tom Cruise without being right about something! Sad news. Very strange story. This was not PTSD, nothing I've read indicates he had been deployed previously. Looks like the way he got his paycheck and his religious values didn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by George Looks like the military let the enemy right in. Yep it's surprising how long the background check takes on people. They can be in the military for a while before the flags come up....

Wow I'm definitely never pissing off a person from Virginia Tech, and if i see one acting crazyish, i'm fucking running in the other direction. O and why do i feel like this might have been the real life example of the 40 ( 39 whatever)year old virgin.