Just a few words -

[kyburg]

I'm fully aware of what happened at Fort Hood yesterday.

And in the miasma of blame, racism and other asshattery...please keep this tucked away.

This was a healthcare professional who lost it completely after several years of warnings anyone could see, plain as plain.

And just thought it an acceptable risk.

Burnout. Know it, recognize it and give it credibility.

The biggest invisible unacknowledged disability out there.

...

And the worst part is that there was so much warning before it came to this.

Comments

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

Thanks for being one of the only people who sees it as it is. I was so disgusted with the media yesterday with their, "Oh, he has an Islamic name!!!! It's JIHAD!!!!111one..." rather than, "Wow. This guy didn't want to be deployed to Afghanistan, and he looks like he's burning out, according to his records over the last year or so."

Our soldiers are being worked so hard, and I can tell you from the outreach programs I work with, they're not getting the care or recognition they need. More like, they're getting chewed up, and spit out. One doesn't have to go to Iraq to get PTSD, or to burn out.

My heart goes out to everyone who was directly affected by what happened at Ft Hood, but I refuse to villainize the gunman.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[trillsie.livejournal.com]

AMEN!

I'm so glad to know that I am not the only one who feels like this. This man needs medical help. On a daily basis he heard horrors that people had witnessed and experienced. It doesn't take a medical professional to know how that would wear on someone and start to affect him. It's just a shame that no one wanted to recognize it.

I'm so sick of hearing "oh he was a Muslim so it was bound to happen" or "he must be part of a sleeper cell that joined the Army ten years ago just so he could do this". And the worst "they should pull the plug on him and let him suffer and die". It is just terrible.

Guaranteed if his name was "John Smith" the coverage would be totally different.