Soldier charged in deaths of 5 U.S. troops (Perp Identified)

CNN ^ | May 12, 2009

[Gay State Conservative]

...but even in warzones there are weapons free areas such as hospitals and such. I know from experience.

I know too.Having once been assigned to an Army hospital unit one of my jobs was to relieve patients and visitors of their weapons until they were leaving.

[Non-Sequitur]

John Russell doesn’t sound like the name of a convert to the Religion of Peace, so I’ve got to wonder why the long delay in releasing his identity.

If you were his family would you like to find out about it first on CNN?

[Global2010]

How sad for all.
What the heck is a stress clinic?

[ohioWfan]

Thank you for the ping, boxerblues..

My heart is breaking. Pray for these families - including HIS.

[kcvl]

The dead included two military doctors and three enlisted personnel.

[livius]

He apparently seized an escort’s weapon when he was being escorted back to his base and returned with it to the clinic.

[livius]

It sounds as if there might be a history there...he was obviously already in some kind of difficulty, or he wouldn’t have been brought to the clinic by an “escort.”

[the long march]

I want to see a picture

[Gay State Conservative]

Ooopps...must point out (so I'm not accused of any kind of “stolen valor” thing)...I've never been in a war zone.Relieving patients and visitors of their weapons was SOP at *all* Army medical installations.

[rahbert]

I’m just sayin’, if you have a clinic with stressed out
people, maybe it would be a good idea to hold their guns at the door.

[bboop]

Ohhh, those are interesting additional pieces.

[ohioWfan]

I just hope the Left doesn’t try and prop this up as some sort of indictment against all of our soldiers.

They will.

[Gay State Conservative]

What the heck is a stress clinic?

Can you understand that being in a hot,God forsaken,*DANGEROUS* desert country....8,000 miles from home...for 10 or 15 months (or more) might get under your skin a bit? Or a lot? A "stress clinic" is just a fancy,non-embarrasing name for a psychiatric clinic.

[roaddog727]

“He could be support.”

I certainly hope so.

[SE Mom]

Excuse me a moment while I RANT ;)

ALL those on this thread who JUMP to conclusions before even READING the damn article could have waited to READ before posting.

Every day I read threads on our wonderful FR with comments so ignorant and agenda driven it makes me sick. I don’t mean one-liner jokes or funny lines...I mean assumptions based on pet points of view- whether based on reality or not- makes no difference.

We- and I include myself- ALL would be better served by learning to think before spouting off in ignorance. Mental discipline and actual thought aren’t nearly as much fun as knee-jerk rections, I’ll grant you that.

Looks like DU around here sometimes. And I don’t mean the point of view- I mean the thought-less comments.

end rant

[Gay State Conservative]

...maybe it would be a good idea to hold their guns at the door.

One can only assume that they did,Or tried to at least.And If the info in post #46 is correct then that's your explanation.

[Gay State Conservative]

And I don’t mean the point of view- I mean the thought-less comments.

Care to cite some examples?

[Joe Boucher]

Why do I have guns around home here?
Protection.

[murron]

I believe he had been disarmed earlier in the day, but somehow got a hold of another weapon.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I agree with you completely, SE Mom.

Jumping to conclusions or trying to make a news story (especially when it concerns a tragedy) fit into a template or conform to a poster’s set of prejudices really makes us look foolish.