'He's a normal guy,' says neighbour of US sniper accused of Afghan killings

[Skidmore]

18. We had a conversation last night about this guy and those like

him who re-up and go back into a war zone with injuries when they don't want to return. "They do it for their buddies" is the stated reason. Well, perhaps if they didn't return, perhaps the wars would wind down because no one wants to continue to fight. This guy signed up 10 years ago, part of Bush's "fight 'em over there" brigades. I've become more than a little disgusted with the swagger and bravado and the notion that every person in a uniform is a hero. Some aren't. This man had other issues with anger management. Now whether that was PTSD or perhaps the way he was normally, I don't know. Perhaps the needed to not show up at a war after knowing the personal consequences.