The common wisdom is that there must have been breakdown in leadership because the Soldier that committed the murders a couple of days ago was not detected sooner.
What a load of bullshit!
Answer this for me.
You have Soldier "A" that is the company joker. Nothing ever gets him down and he laughs at the drop of a hat, lifts everyone up when they're down etc... You're down range for a couple of months and your unit has seen action. He still performs at a decent level, but he no longer jokes anymore. He's alot more serious and he doesn't suffer foolishness.
Does that mean that the Soldier is about to snap or does it mean that he's maturing?
And what about a Soldier that extremely serious about EVERYTHING, yet after a couple of months down range, he finds humor in things.
Is that a Soldier that's about to snap?
And that's my point. There is absolutely no way to know what will push someone over the edge. Or when they'll go over the edge.
Blaming the unit leadership for this is simply making them a scape goat.
We're better than that.
Blame the Soldier that committed the act. No one else.
What a load of bullshit!
Answer this for me.
You have Soldier "A" that is the company joker. Nothing ever gets him down and he laughs at the drop of a hat, lifts everyone up when they're down etc... You're down range for a couple of months and your unit has seen action. He still performs at a decent level, but he no longer jokes anymore. He's alot more serious and he doesn't suffer foolishness.
Does that mean that the Soldier is about to snap or does it mean that he's maturing?
And what about a Soldier that extremely serious about EVERYTHING, yet after a couple of months down range, he finds humor in things.
Is that a Soldier that's about to snap?
And that's my point. There is absolutely no way to know what will push someone over the edge. Or when they'll go over the edge.
Blaming the unit leadership for this is simply making them a scape goat.
We're better than that.
Blame the Soldier that committed the act. No one else.
I heard something along similar lines on this mornings world news, that the command should have seen it coming. Or maybe there was something they missed in a psych test or something. What about Maj. Hasan killing his fellow soldiers in Texas? Could that have been averted? Both valid questions, however as you said Sol, and the exact same thing I told my son this morning, it's the fault of the individual doing the shooting who is to blame.
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