The Effects of War
Published: 17 September 2013 By Abiodun Giwa
Aaron Alexis (Courtesy:guardian.com)
13 deaths in Washington from shootings Aaron Alexis, a former serviceman, about four years after 13 casualties in Texas in shootings by Major Nidal Hassan point to dangerous effects of war. One of the reasons observers are citing for many Americans' opposition to military intervention in Syria. Apart from thousands of soldiers who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, many soldiers returned home maimed, and that many of those who were fortunate to return home alive, live with troubling emotional problems.
People talk about reverberating effects of war. Emmanuel Isesele, a vocational counselor in New York agrees that the shootings in Washington by a former Naval serviceman has a link to the effects of war. He says the emotional problem many soldiers bring home from war is capable of causing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.
Asked whether there is similarity between the Texas shooting and the Washington's episode, the trial and conviction of the shooter of the Texas killings, he said that Hassan was examined by a psychiatrist and he was found to be fit to stand for trial. And added that if Alexis had not been killed at the scene of the shooting, he would also have been examined by a psychiatrist to find if he will be fit to stand for trial, and that if a psychiatrist's examination find him fit, he would also have faced trial. He expressed certainty that Alexis case arose from PTSD, and that this had been confirmed by reports that he had earlier cases of shootings and examinations that revealed he had PTSD.
Isesele's assertion is buttressed by The New York Times report that the Washington's shooter has been exhibiting traces of mental illness for over a decade, according to an anonymous source.
In a news report by Metro - a newspaper published in New York, a headline reads 'Yet Another Mass Shooting' and a rider - 13 dead, a dozen wounded, the paper reports that it is unknown why the deceased suspect and Queen's native opened fire at the U.S. Naval Yard.
In another report by the Metro, Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his reaction says there are too many guns around, and that it just happens again and again.
Although, there is no information that Alexis fought in either Iraq or Afghanistan. But reports say he has been hallucinating and delusional even before his enlistment in the service.
People talk about reverberating effects of war. Emmanuel Isesele, a vocational counselor in New York agrees that the shootings in Washington by a former Naval serviceman has a link to the effects of war. He says the emotional problem many soldiers bring home from war is capable of causing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.
Asked whether there is similarity between the Texas shooting and the Washington's episode, the trial and conviction of the shooter of the Texas killings, he said that Hassan was examined by a psychiatrist and he was found to be fit to stand for trial. And added that if Alexis had not been killed at the scene of the shooting, he would also have been examined by a psychiatrist to find if he will be fit to stand for trial, and that if a psychiatrist's examination find him fit, he would also have faced trial. He expressed certainty that Alexis case arose from PTSD, and that this had been confirmed by reports that he had earlier cases of shootings and examinations that revealed he had PTSD.
Isesele's assertion is buttressed by The New York Times report that the Washington's shooter has been exhibiting traces of mental illness for over a decade, according to an anonymous source.
In a news report by Metro - a newspaper published in New York, a headline reads 'Yet Another Mass Shooting' and a rider - 13 dead, a dozen wounded, the paper reports that it is unknown why the deceased suspect and Queen's native opened fire at the U.S. Naval Yard.
In another report by the Metro, Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his reaction says there are too many guns around, and that it just happens again and again.
Although, there is no information that Alexis fought in either Iraq or Afghanistan. But reports say he has been hallucinating and delusional even before his enlistment in the service.
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