really???

Ok, so i know we are supposed to do blogs about the readings from now on, but i also am going to do one this week about something from the news. Earlier this week an Army major, who was a psychiatrist apparently "snapped" and went on a shooting rampage. If you haven't watched the news, or haven't heard this story, you can find it on just about every major news network's homepage. In most of the news, the shooting was called, an unfortunate crime. Some said that the man snapped over stress from the war in Iraq. I was really disappointed that many major networks (Like NBC, CBS, CNN) didn't give any coverage to that side of the story. However a couple did, and after the facts that he was in contact with AlQaeda came out most networks began talking about the possibilities of this being more than just random violence.

Apparently He had gotten a hold of the weapons and ammunition a couple of days ahead of time, and gotten rid of his apartment. He had been planning this for at least a week. Now army officials have come out and said that in 2007, the man had requested that Muslim soldiers be released from the Army as conscientious objectors to avoid as he called them "adverse events".

I'm not gonna go really in depth with this whole thing or take much more time to write this i just think it should be adressed, that while its important to respect and tolerate other's beliefs, that we should also be aware of threats within our own military. Its getting scary now because our own soldiers could be in danger from other soldiers.