[Newsbot]

Title: Soldier who beat babies blames war zone stress
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Streaker
Date: 2008-06-24 11:12:21
Canadian

[RUEZ]

This is a tragedy. So tell me Streaker what's the cause when non-soldiers do it?

[Blue_Nose]

"The soldier's job was to load equipment on to military planes and trucks and he became extremely frustrated by the lack of front-line action he saw."

War zone stress?

[hurley_108]

Blue_Nose wrote:

"The soldier's job was to load equipment on to military planes and trucks and he became extremely frustrated by the lack of front-line action he saw."

War zone stress?

I've worked a few crap jobs, but if I worked at a place where my co-workers were going out into dangerous situations, and sometimes not coming back, and I felt I could do something to stop that, I imagine that might be worse than actually being out there with the gun. Few feelings are worse than helplessness.

Edit: I didn't get that far in the article the first time I looked at it but yeah, that's pretty much it:

Quote:

"I wanted to get out there and do something. I knew many of the infantry . . . I could see it in their eyes that they expected more from me. I felt helpless," he told Kolton.

[Choban]

No excuse for this one, he wasn't on the line, if he wanted to contribute and have an excuse for his sick actions then he could have voluteered for a combat position. Way to steal the thunder from real cases of PTSD

I know a guy who served in Bosnia, daily he would have to see cases of rape and murder. Years later he awoke to find himself beating his wife in his sleep (almost to death), this is a real case of Combat stress