Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. Afghan shooter.

[11 Bravo]

54. I'll say this once, and I'll say it really slowly. I weep for the innocent victims.

The man who took their lives wore the same uniform that I once proudly wore. I want justice to be done in a more visceral sense than you could ever imagine.
But my contempt for you stems from the fact that you are willing to completely ignore the possibility that the man was not of sound mind. You have no fucking idea what the guy went through. Perhaps you're the atypical uber-macho stud who can witness buddies being blown away without batting an eyelash. I was not. Every time we lost a man, I got pissed, but like every other grunt I knew, we just continued to fight for each other.
You've never been in that position, and perhaps it's just as well. Better you stay in your basement and toss around words like "idiot" and "hate crime".