Soldiers being shot, always tragic but not out of the ordinary. Soldiers beingg killed by friendly fire is again something that happens from time to time in a war, but soldiers being shot by fellow soldiers at their home base is not usual at all.
Or is it?
The army has not reaveald yet the identity of the shooter or the shooters, all I can do is to speculate. Was the shooter a soldier that was already deployed and was going loco because he was missing the action? I’m sure he was trying to communicate something to us, the outside world, without being aware of his urge to talk to someone about his problems, worries, nightmares and uncertainties…
In the past years it was way too much propaganda, hm excuse me for not using the right word, public relations, when it came to the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.
People here are unaware of the difficulty of these soldiers mission, they fight far from their home to build up new democracies, while at home their lobed ones are trying to get over a devastating economic crisys.
Here in Canada it is the time of the year when wen wear popies, to remember the sacrifice our soldiers have made, and we show our support for the veterans and their families.
Our support should and respect should more profound than the wearing of a popy for a week or so.
True support and respect should also include our care to keep the army out of dead end missions and should also extend to our care for their phisical and mental well being. Those who have the power often seem to overlook the fact that the soldier is a man or woman as any other, with feelings anyone else.