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annarocket


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Washington-The Army could be close to announcing a court martial for Maj. Nidal Hasan after his lawyer made one last attempt to keep the death penalty out of the trial.

Hassan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a lone gunman shooting on November 5,2009. Fort Hood Lt. Gen. Campbell stated,"The law accepts life without the possibility of parole an acceptible punishment for murder,".

Well sir,that may be so but does it seem like an acceptible punishment for one of our own who volunteers to serve and protect this nation and uses that as an oppertunity to kill 13 people and wound 32 others,as a opposed to one civillian killing one person without government assistance?      evileye

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/19/us.fort.hood.shooter.defense/index.html



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Dear Annarocket,

Do you know anything about the military? [yes,actually I was married to a Army man for 10 years and even though we divorced,one thing I can say about him was that he was an exemplary soldier and highly thought of by both his superiors and his peers alike]

The military puts an enormous amount of pressure on soldiers to perform their duties to the best of their abilities and protect the American people at home and abroad.I hate to see you tear down an entire government organization because one man was suffering from PTSD and flipped out.You should amend your comments to reflect that.

Sincerely,Mrs. Leanne Jackson-Peters,Phoenix,AZ

Hi Leanne.I live about 15 minutes from you. We should go to Starbucks sometime,girl. I hope I have not made it sound like this was anything other than a random killing.I agree he was suffering from PTSD and probably should have NOT been in the armed services because of his state of mind.I don't think people go into the armed forces to become killers,even though that may happen on occasion. Please accept my apologies if you were ofended by my comment. I support the troops fully and know that they make sacrifices daily at home and abroad. Thanks for writing.        evileye



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As a military wife I wasn't offended Anna. What offends me is that life without the possibility parole is even on the table. The man should be put to death, he commited a terrorist act,at least it's one in my opinion, against his own troops. Since when do we give terrorists a chance at life without parole? Osama and Saddam didn't get that, no reason this guy should either, even if he was an American troop. At the same time, I think this situation definitely screams as loud as possible that our troops are suffering enormously from PTSD, and not near enough is being done for them upon returning from war. Unless things change, drastically, this won't be the last time this happens, and it could be even worse next time.

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Thanks,girlfriend.I'm glad I didn't come off that way. Like I said,I didn't intend to.

I never thought of this as a terrorist attack although it clearly was one if I ever saw it.I got some other mail on this but suprisingly,99% of it was pro-life without parole. I agree that the DP would have been more than appropriate in this case and the military should NOT have had a military tribunal.This should have been a civillian case.      evileye

PS:Does ANYONE want to go to Starbucks? I could really use a Venti White Chocolate Mocha [iced!]  biggrin



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