Kay Bailey Hutchison mentioned man fired possibly due to being sent over to Iraq.

[Drunken Irishman]

Which would put the kibosh on the whole terrorist bullshit being kicked up due to his name.

[livetohike]

1. How about the other two shooters?

:shrug: Same thing?

[tekisui]

2. The details aren't clear about the other two.

Whether they were even involved.

[livetohike]

3. Thanks, I don't have a tv in the room with the computer

and have only kept up to speed with the threads here :hi:.

[Phx_Dem]

16. Just heard they've been released. So it sounds like he was a lone shooter.

[livetohike]

17. Thanks for the update.....such a sad situation n/t

[Phx_Dem]

22. Horrific. I feel sorry for American muslims. Regardkless of this guy's

reasons, the muslim community is going to be deluged with hate.

[vaberella]

28. This won't be new for them unfortunately.

Since 9/11 there has been a progressive parahiazation of the religion in this nation. Actually it's been around for decades, but became more prevalent post 9/11. When that Korean American kid went nuts in Connecticut or Pennsylvania (I think)--- Koreans and Korean Americans got a lot of hate.

[Kdillard]

4. The man and others fired because they are mentally unbalanced period.

What did the innocent people he killed/ hurt have to do with him going to Iraq or anywhere?

[monmouth]

6. Thank you. The most logical answer I've read so far...n/t

[Garam_Masala]

8. Thank you for a logical and sane answer n/t

[DJ13]

5. And who's fault was it (in part) that he had to go to Iraq in the first place?

[Drunken Irishman]

7. It wouldn't matter.

[AndyA]

9. Why, Bill Clinton's of course.

Do you remember nothing from the Bush years? :shrug:

(Wish I didn't.)

:sarcasm: for the challenged

[Captain Hilts]

20. That Bill Clinton is amazing. nt

[Garam_Masala]

10. Why did the moron sign up with military if he did not

want to go to Iraq or follow orders?

[ej510]

11. Most people sign up to have their college paid for

not to kill people in other nations.

[harkadog]

12. Then they are pretty damn dumb

Every military in the world exists for one purpose only -- to kill people and destroy things. You don't join as some sort of social occasion or "pay your loan off." If they robbed people to "have their college paid for" would that be ok too?

[Garam_Masala]

19. So they only see the carrot but not the stick?

[win_in_06]

23. Considering we have been at war for 8 years

I seriously doubt that is true. If someone did do that, then they are plain dumb.

[phleshdef]

24. While I fully support pulling out of all war endeavors and not engaging in more,if you take the risk

...of joining the military then you are responsible for dealing with the duties that come with making that commitment. And although I'm not a soldier myself, I know many soldiers who definately agree with my sentiment.

[jwirr]

15. As a doctor he may have signed up because there is a shortage

of medical personnel in the military and he felt he needed to help in some way. What he found was more than he expected.

[Garam_Masala]

18. Signing up is strictly voluntary...my own dentist joined US miltary

and he is stationed in Germany but he knows he could be sent to Iraq
or anywhere. If this guy is smart enough to be a doctor, I am sure
he is smart enough to know what you are getting into when you sign
up with US Military.

[jwirr]

21. My point was that he may not have understood what WAR is like

until he got into it. Very few of us can even begin to imagine the horror that soldiers go through in most wars and in this one we get the added benefit of torture. Plus it seems never ending and for what? Those are the things he may not have understood.

[win_in_06]

25. His own. He volunteered, and also probably had the military pay for his education.

[Raine]

13. So just kill lot's of other people

yeah that makes awhole lot of sense. :sarcasm:

[Drunken Irishman]

14. When it's the insane, it rarely makes sense.

[ampad]

26. I just want to say

That we never really know why a stranger decides to join the armed forces. Either way it does not take away from the fact that the government has used and abused many of these people. We all know that they are sending them back to Iraq and Afghanistan time and time again. Whatever the reason for joining they do not deserve that.

[question everything]

27. And, apparently, she was right (nt)