As I am sure you're well aware, Major Hasan had a Major Meltdown today and efficiently shot and killed 12 people while wounding 30 others. He even got shot 4 times while doing it and lived!
One wonders whether
Navigatio, one of my favorites on the blogosphere was stationed at Ft. Hood. If so, I do hope he was not one of the one's shot.
Whatever this was about, the Army fell victim to its own device of murder and bloodshed. I wonder about the people he shot and think that if he did not do it, how many other innocents would these people have murdered on their tours of "duty"? The answer is probably a lot more than who died today.
Shall we then be sorrowful and mourn these dead? Or shall we rejoice in lives saved? Is the glass half empty or half full? Whose life means more to me, these Americans in the business of death, or those repulsing American imperialism?
I submit neither and prefer to shake my head in disgust at the whole thing. Nonsense. Pure and utter nonsense.