Tale of two shootings

After reading the headlines recently about the U.S. soldier who shot up Afghanistan civilians, I couldn’t help noticing an irony. There is all this clamor to try this guy quickly and execute him; never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Yet Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming “Allahu Akbar!” still hasn’t stood trial. They are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: Slay as many infidels as possible.

So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately. But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13 people, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience.

Two and a half years later, they still haven’t tried him.

Alfred Paul Jones

Lewiston