Massacre at Fort Hood
Posted: November 9, 2009 at 2:41 a.m.
When soldiers die on the battlefield, it’s a tragedy, but a normal one, if violent death can ever be thought of as normal. And then there are war-zone outrages, such as this week’s murder of five British soldiers in Afghanistan at the hands of a treasonous Afghan police officer, which are particular shocking. But Thursday’s massacre at Fort Hood was a tragedy of another magnitude entirely.
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Editorial, Pages 12 on 11/09/2009
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