Learning No Lessons regarding the Psychological Health of Soldiers

A piece in Time Magazine this week details how the military disregarded signs of mental illness in several soldiers before the Fort Hood incident who went on to commit murder including Pfc. Steven Green. Green, you may recall, took part in one of the most infamous incidents of violence in the Iraq War when he and four other soldiers raped and murdered a 14 year old Iraqi girl. During a psychological examination Green stated that he had no hobbies "Other than killing Iraqis". One of Green's fellow soldiers, James Baker illuminated his own attitude at sentencing. The entire incident in outlined in the partially fictionalized Brian De Palma film Redacted.