“Crazed” Gunman continued
by Susan Moreno on Nov. 19, 2009, under Health
My last blog about Major Hasan and the stigmatizing words used to describe what may or may not have been his mental state received so many ”enthusiastic” comments I had to think twice about bringing up the Ft. Hood tragedy again.
But, I feel compelled to. The Pentagon is now going to join the on-going investigation into how something like this happened. And for me, not only how it could happen, but how can someone who thinks like Hasan fall through the cracks? Whether he was psychotic, or even worse, as some are therorizing, a religious extremist bent on terrorizing a U.S. military base – why didn’t those who saw these red flags speak out?
Excuse me, but there were a multitude of red flags……..his sanity was questionable and his loyalty to this country should have been called out. Yet, he was set to deploy at the end of this month!
Does anyone want to talk about how a man in his state of mind could be cleared for that? Are we so desparate for soldiers that we’re willing to send someone like him? I certainly don’t know, but what I do know is that people with mental illness “fall through the cracks” unchecked every day.
Is it not just as horrible that a man who clearly needed to be evaluated….. either for a mental illness or a possible security threat was able to continue his daily life unquestioned until he was finally gunned down after killing 13 inocent people?
