What do people really think about the soldier who killed the civilians in Afghanistan? Did he go off the deep end or did he just feel mean that day? Was he such a killing machine that he had to get his quota? What really happened?
I feel for the families who lost loved ones in the shooting. It must have been horrible to experience. I feel for the soldier who did this unimaginable thing. I also feel for his wife and children who must be bewildered at best. His fellow soldiers must be hurting or at least embarrassed. I wonder if his commanding officers had any inkling that this was coming? How could this happen?
We will never know for sure. Only the man who was there with the gun can tell and I doubt he ever will. I feel for him too. There must have been something really devastating going on in his mind to make him think this was the thing to do. You have to wonder what his reality was and is.
Think of all the families decimated by this soldier's actions. The families with dead loved ones will never be the same and they will certainly view Americans as the ugly ones for the rest of their lives. The soldier's wife and children will not recover from this either unless they hide. His parents and extended family must be terribly hurt along with all who have known this man.
The Afghan nation will certainly not look favorably on Americans for some time to come. They are an occupied country and probably want us out now for sure. Of course we would not have been there had the Afghans themselves handled their government and internal affairs differently.
This incident will cause many far reaching effects. I wonder how far the effects will reach. Or will this whole thing be forgotten shortly as just another senseless act of war. One more in a long list. Only time will tell.
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