This particular tragedy has more in common with the VA tech shooting than any real act of terrorism.
I've said it before but let me give you a big more pointers.
But before we begin let me say that this guy should be executed. He was (and still is technically I think unless something happened in the last three days) an officer in the United States Army. That behavior is BEYOND unacceptable. In wartime, you could be shot for disobeying a lawful order and disobeying a lawful order pales compared to what happened here.
Anyways some pointers:
It's incredibly difficult for these mallicious organizations of any kind to plant an informant into the US Army, especially if if the said infiltrator is not American born and/or contains a name that is also typical of people who are the nationals of America's enemies (of which he was the latter).
If any such group was in direct contact with this guy, or if he was serious about helping their cause, he would have not terminated his existance in the US Army that way. Sure people say that becuase of his MOS there is nothing he could have given, but even small bits of information are valuable for those who are not in the organization. Anyone aware of his job and what he intended would have immediately urged him not to. Including terrorists.
His behavior not only has parallels with VA Tech, but also a number of fratricide incidents in the RoK as well. In none of the cases were the perpetrator a spy working for North Korea nor were they especially active in pro-North Korea causes as far as I know. Every case of North Korean espionage that I know of involved two things 1) spread of propaganda 2) collecting information. It did not involve randomly shooting anyone.
I think the one part that political correctness may have played a role was that although this guy showed signs of not quite being together, they were afraid of doing anything or else they may have been accused of being racist or prejudiced towards Middle Easternerns or Muslims. The danger signs were there. This guy needed to be removed but no one seemed to have noticed enough to take action.
PTSD? He never deployed.
I actually read a article a day or so ago (ill have to dig it out, if I can) that suggested that PTSD doesnt necessary have to be experianced firsthand. Essentially what the article suggested that a person such as a Army shrink or Priest how who is constantly bombarded with Horror stories from others can suffer the effects of PTSD via an intraparty. I am no doctor, but I do know Human pyske is a phenomenia that is little understood.
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