Gimme your best guess on Ft. Hood......

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Although he was a wacko with a gun, his islamic extremism cannot be downplayed. I think a variety of factors may be involved. It seems like he was an intensely religious guy and got a lot of flack for that amongst his peers in the army. And I think it went beyond just a little ribbing. He felt that the US was going to war against islam, something not believed by the majority of pro-war folks imho. Maybe he believed that because he was part crazy, and part hearing statements from troops about fighting the "hajis". He then went on to make several vitriolic statements against the wars and even talked about it in presentations. The Army for whatever reason then wanted to deploy him to those wars he railed against. Doesn't make sense. This guy should have been counseled before and certainly have been given CO status if not stripped  of his security clearance altogether.