The issue of homicides by combat-stressed veterans gained national prominence in January 2008, after The New York Times reported that at least 121 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans had committed a killing in the United States or been charged in one.
The latest investigation into the link between several Fort Carson's 4th Brigade Combat Team soldiers and the 5 murders that took place in the last 14 months in Colorado Springs area is just another example of the breakdown in our military's psychological screening system. Are our military's recruiters failing to properly identify [or consciously ignoring] individuals that are not psychologically fit to go to war and enlisting them anyway? Or, is our military consciously releasing a new breed of cold-blooded murderers into our society?
What are your thoughts on the matter?
To read a detailed account of the investigation into these murders, click here.
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