1) May God give peace to the families, and justice to the perpetrator.

2) Brava to the policewoman who put a stop to it, may she recover quickly.

3) At least 43 rounds were fired, reportedly from 2 handguns, which requires planning and some dexterity.

4) He was a Major, obviously had been in for a while, and had not considered how to deal with a deployment to one of the nations we've been operating in for 6 years?

5) Any suggestion that "He was driven to this by an uncaring Army" is nonsense.  If you want to get out of a deployment and you have no respect for life, attempt suicide.  You can even deliberately botch it.  You will not be going overseas after that. 

Conclusion: This was a premeditated, sociopathic act.  Speculation about cause or blame has very little place in such a situation.

Application: Spare a prayer for the families.  Execute the perp, if he lives.

That is all.
MJM

 

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