Is second Ft. Hood shooting tip of iceberg

We should not be surprised over a second mass killing by a serviceman at Ft Hood, TX. It's a wonder we don't hear more about the daily events of suicide, murder and other untoward actions committed by serviceman damaged in body and mind by our senseless, failed and criminal wars in the Middle East. The latest shooter, Ivan Lopez, served in the Iraq war... and was being treated at Ft Hood for anxiety, depression and possible Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from his war service. The potential number of ticking time bombs courtesy of a rogue presidency that covered up its own negligence and failures surrounding the September 11 attacks by launching wars of revenge, is staggering. Approximately 800,000 of the 2,300,000 military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have or will be diagnosed with PTSD; 437,000 have suffered Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and 161,000 will be diagnosed with both. Those numbers would still be horrendous if the wars that inflicted them were just and necessary, but coming from illegal, immoral and criminal wars is beyond our poor powers of reason and justification. But they are not beyond our duty to provide both proper care of the damaged and justice to those who needlessly saddled them with a lifetime of sorrow. While the Iraq war ended December 31, 2011, and the Afghan war will mercifully end that same date this year, the perpetrators are still at large. Former President George W. Bush is at least shedding real tears as he spends time comforting some of his servicemen victims. Former VP Dick Cheney babbles endlessly on immoral news shows giving him airtime to brag about doing torture again if he had the chance, and hinting at bombing Iran. Donald Rumsfeld, former Defense Secretary, alluded to the bi-racial president having less smarts than a trained ape. Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice got a fat speaking fee to tell Evangelicals right here in Chicagoland how thrilled she was by national service. No US soldiers died in Afghanistan in March, only the third month in 152 that has happened. Beginning in 2015, no new serviceman will be forced to serve our mis-adventures of conquest and ruin. But the Statute of Limitations for war crimes will never run out on the Fab Four who made this all possible. What are we waiting for?