This is some pretty crazy stuff:
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"It is not clear what motivated him, but reports said the US-born Muslim was unhappy about being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan."
So he's a nutter? "I think I'll join the army! I don't know who the main enemies are at the moment, but who cares. Guns are cool." Later: "Eh, you want me to do my job? No way. I'll kill you instead"
Who is this "reports" chappie anyway?
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"I was confused and just shocked," said Specialist Jerry Richard, 27, who works on the base.
"Overseas you are ready for it. But here you can't even defend yourself."
Another Fort Hood soldier told the BBC that the incident could put pressure on Muslim American soldiers.
"They've taken it hard, due to the fact that it kind of puts a negative light on them and makes people distrust them because everybody is going to look at them [and think]: 'Well, you're probably going to pull something like this'," the soldier said.
"And it's a sad fact that that will happen."
Texas Governor Rick Perry ordered all flags in the state to fly at half-mast as a tribute to the victims.
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Originally posted by Brats View PostThe wierd thing is that he is a a Major and a psychiatrist. You'd think the people who would snap would be a grunt with a poor education.
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Aye i was up at 5am ish and saw this on the news instantly, pretty horrible.
Surprised to see the guy was a psychiatrist, abigsmurf, all counsellors etc and psychiatrists (i assume, same thing in usa speak right?) all have to have supervision from other counsellors etc. etc. ad infinitum, as you put it, they cant carry everything on their own shoulders. And of course the counseling process wouldnt really work if they were carrying such troubles when helping out others.
So its sad to see the system break down here, id be pretty sad if he slipped thro the net or something and didnt get his suppert.
On a lighter more im-going-to-hell note; anyone else think of the clitoris whenever they read the word Hood?
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