Was This Tragedy An Act Of Cowardice?

12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Base Shootings

Was This Tragedy An Act Of Cowardice?

Why would an Army trained psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, MD, U.S. Army, MD  turn out to be a cold blooded killer? How could a physician who was trained at the the military’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, completed a residency in psychiatry and worked at Walter Reed Medical Center, the Army’s show case medical facility perform such a horrendous act on his fellow soldiers?

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, MD, U.S. Army

Was this a man who already suffered from PTSD due to his work with returning warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan even before he saw the horrors of war? Or, was this the act of a man who saw an easy way to get a medical degree for free? Then when the reality that he might be sent into harm’s way, he snapped, going on a killing rampage.

What ever the answer, it is a true tragedy for the Army and civilians who were exposed to this event. At last total, there are 12 dead and 31 wounded at the sprawling U.S. Army Base at Fort Hood, TX. My heart goes out to all of the killed, wounded and their families.

Only time will tell the story.