What’s Going On?

I am dumbfounded by the news reports I read yesterday regarding the soldier in Colorado Springs who shook his 7 week old daughter so hard that she died a day later, and the 4 U.S. soldiers who are charged with the brutal rape and murder of a 14 year old girl and the murder of her 5 year old sister and their parents in Iraq. They were members of 101st Airborne Division. The 101st Airborne Divison! One of the most well-respected units in the Army! HOW does this happen? WHY does this happen? I simply cannot wrap my mind around it. What the hell happens to these men? What turns them from defenders of freedom and democracy into rapists, murderers and baby killers? Someone please explain this to me.

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This entry was posted by Leigh on Thursday, October 19th, 2006 at 2:19 am and is filed under Emotionally Speaking. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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Leigh
Hi there, and welcome to Thoughtprints. My name is Leigh (well, actually that's my middle name) and I am a Colorado native, born and raised. I began Thoughtprints almost 6 years ago when I needed an outlet, and this blog became exactly that for me. This is where I vent my frustrations, share my feelings and talk about everything from current events around the world to the things my dogs do to make me laugh. I truly hope you enjoy your time here.

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  1. Brent , on October 19th, 2006 at 9:10 pm

    Who knows what drives these men to such terrible crimes? Maybe the horrors of war.

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  2. Leigh , on October 19th, 2006 at 11:13 pm

    I don’t know, Brent … men (and women) have suffered through the horrors of war for a long, long time. Maybe it’s just that we didn’t hear about that stuff so much way back when. I know crap like that went down in Nam, but I think back then the Armed Forces hushed it all up. Maybe that’s what it is. *shrug*

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  3. Drunken Lagomorph , on October 23rd, 2006 at 8:42 pm

    Well, my ex-husband was an award-winning, often-decorated firefighter, promoted to captain by the time he was 32, and is well-respected by everyone he’s ever met, and no one would EVER believe he’s a wife-beater. Why? Because he’s smart enough to know his behavior and impulses are unacceptable, so he bottles them up inside and unleashes them on women only after it’s too late (after they’ve married him).

    People in positions of respect and authority are the most dangerous abusers and predators. 1) they are too smart to get caught, and thus never get help, and 2) people get close to them because they’re trustworthy.

    Sad, sad indeed.

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