I can think of at least one in 1994.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Goldstein

For some reason, most probably becasue I use an old WebTV, many times I have no idea my first attempt posted or not.

THE ONLY REASON HE DID IT BECAUSE HE IS A MUSLIM!

IF HE WAS NOT A MUSLIM, HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT

DUH!

Next, ALL religions have flaws?

While true, when it the last time any Buddists committed any TERRORIST acts LIKE the JEWS, MOSLEMS and CHRISTIANS have?

While I am not knowledgeable of any recent Jewish terrorist attacks, Moslems and Christians are ALWAYS doing them.

Go ahead, google “Christian Terrorists” and you might get a clue.

THE ONLY REAOND HE DID IT BECAUSE HE IS A MUSLIM!

IF HE WAS NOT A MUSLIM, HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT

DUH!!!!!!

There are MORE than sufficient facts now available to PROVE the reason he did it is BECAUSE HE IS A MOSLEM RELIGIOUS FANATIC & a TERRORIST on a Suicide mission!

(And, he will NOT be the last to strike in the United States!)

Regardless of his motivation, it’s not like some commander of combat troops who’s served a couple of tours “just snapped” and did this.

11B: I had seen some of Casey’s quote about diversity, and I agree that it can be a strength. I had NOT seen the part about losing diversity being “worse” than this incident. That’s ridiculous and should trouble us greatly.

RE: The shooter’s rank … I think the referenced post is significantly off base, but beyond its theory it spreads some poor factual data. Remember this dude was a doc, and USHA time aside, he’d basically been on active duty only since 2001, most of that internship and residency at Walter Reed … so effectively he’d had about 4 years of real active duty, but all of that in the same place he’d done his residency. Ft Hood, where he’d been for 3-4 months, was his first assignment outside the hospital where he’d trained. Docs get promoted based on professional qualifications. He may have held the rank of major, but given real world experience he was essentially a civilian professional who wore a uniform to work. Don’t get me wrong — docs who have had troop experience as brigade surgeons and the like are usually great, but I don’t put too much stock in their military credentials if all they’ve done is stateside hospital time.

@11B: You know you can’t relieve GEN Casey of “command,” right? He’s the Chief of Staff of the Army … a staff officer, not a commander. Minor technicality I’d point out.

According to General Casey, the most important thing now is to make sure we don’t add diversity to the casualty list.

“Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse,”

http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/11/08/general-casey-diversity-shouldnt-be-casualty-of-fort-hood/

This guy should be relieved of command immediately. I don’t think he was that good of a leader in Iraq and it doesn’t appear that he is qualified to be CSA.

More precisely, hearing these other stories amplifies these folks’ already troubled mental state such that they become a danger to themselves and others.

But of course if you kill yourself, or walk into a crowd and start shooting randomly, your mental health is quite evidently gone.