Destruction From Within . . .

Usually this blog begins with a topic that easily becomes a title and the article simply flows.  In this particular case, however; there is just too much muddy water to flow properly.  Upon reading about the female soldier who completed suicide at Fort Lee last month, as well as a statement contained led me to a consider a question, several actually; that I think we all need to ask.  "It is not yet clear what motivated Walker to shoot herself. The base commander, Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, said she was upset and enraged but could not say whether this was consistent with her usual behavior. He didn’t know if she was being treated for any mental health issues, or whether drug or alcohol use was a factor." 
The article's title was an obviously intended to lead the reader to making a connection to the 2009 Ft. Hood shooting.  "What the Fort Lee Shooter Sgt. Paula Walker Thought of the 2009 Fort Hood Massacre"
The question?  Why mention a possibility of mental health treatment, when the 2009 Fort Hood shooter was the base psychiatrist?  What kind of "treatment" would she have possibly received?  What kind of treatment did the people in Dr. Nidal Hasan's care, receive before his rampage?  
Although the sensationalizing headlines referred to Paula White as a "shooter," I'd like to point out the fact that no one else was injured.  She simply took her own life where she worked.

These questions led me to the more recent 2014 Ft. Hood shooter, Ivan Lopez; whose rampage ended in his suicide.  It was reported that he had suffered the loss of his mother and grandfather recently and was taking the prescription: Ambien.  That doesn't excuse murder, but the side effects of Ambien were quite troubling.  Then there's also the factor to consider, who prescribed that for him, and what was discussed through the therapy he was receiving for depression and PTSD.  Which brings me right back to the fact that it was the base psychiatrist who was the 2009 shooter at Ft. Hood.  In both cases, terrorism was ruled out in the shootings, yet the 2009 shooter has made it clear, he sees America as the enemy.   CNN even cited Fox News for breaking the story first!

Since Nidal Hasan has been found guilty and given the death penalty, the reclassification from Workplace violence to Terrorism or Treason is unlikely.  The fact that it was classified as Workplace violence, in the first place reeks of terrorism or treason; in that our military was under attack on our own soil!

 See, it just isn't flowing, but all this information is pertinent!  A woman commits suicide and she's called a "shooter."  A soldier known to be distraught with mental health issues taking a potentially harmful drug, killed three people and himself, was reported to be responsible for a "shooting spree."  Whereas, officials at the US Department of defense determined there was not enough evidence to put Nidal Hasan on trial for an act of terrorism.  With 13 fatalities and 32 wounded on a US military base, his rampage was ruled "workplace violence."   His latest move seems a guarantee that the death penalty will never be carried out.   This man has now written to ISIS leader, requesting to become citizen of Islamic State. 

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.  Torah of Holy Scripture