(IV)AW-TX weighs in on Fort Hood shootings

Our reportage on the Fort Hood shootings wouldn’t complete if we excluded the (IV)AW view. The Under the Hood Cafe crowd takes Doug Zachary‘s advice and uses the incident as an excuse to raise money – and completely ignore the facts of the shooter;

Now, the part that I would point out as patently false is this;

…this shooting does not come as a shock. Eight years of senseless wars have taken a huge toll on our troops and their families. It’s time to admit that the wars in southwest Asia are in no one’s best interests. Bring the troops home now!

The Army has also repeatedly demonstrated that it is more interested in making soldiers “deployable” than it is in helping them fully recover from PTSD and other mental health issues. This often leaves soldiers with few options other than to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol.

Yes, we’re not shocked because we’ve always fully expected that a doctor who had never been to the war, who didn’t “self-medicate with drugs and alcohol” would go berserk and it’s Bush’s fault. None of those soldiers who went to the war, have real PTSD as a result have gone berserk and shot scores of other soldiers – but we expected this. That’s what happens when you let Doug Zachary write your press releases. You’re all willing to perpetuate the “vet as a lunatic” image for own little selfish purposes – irrespective of the facts.

Of course, Texas’ own Carl Webb who sees racism behind every scrub oak doesn’t blame Hasan either – it’s you white people (who by the way persecute poor Carl Webb, who also fully supports Hasan’s murder of American soldiers as a means of resistance);

Now, I know of one instance of Hasan being persecuted a few months back, but it was off-base and being handled by local authorities.

John Van de Walker, allegedly keyed Hasan’s car and also removed and tore up a bumper sticker that read “Allah is Love.” Thompson said Van de Walker had been in Iraq and was upset to learn that Hasan was Muslim.

A report filed with Killeen police on Aug. 16 indicates that Hasan’s vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic, had been scratched by an unknown object causing an estimated $1,000 worth of damage. The report indicates that Van de Walker, 30, was arrested on Oct. 21 and charged with criminal mischief. The matter has been referred for prosecution, according to the report.

It certainly doesn’t explain why Hasan went on-base and shot 40 people. But, then Carl Webb likes to blame all of his problems on racism, too. He called the IVAW decision to curb his verbal support of violent action against soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan racist, too. He tried to call us racists. It was probably racist of the Texas National Guard to expect him to deploy with them. TXNG sure dodged that bullet.

Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War