I guess I should say this publicly so some of you don’t think I’m ignoring you or your tips. This is my blog, that’s my real name at the bottom of this post, so I get to set policy here. All of that bullshit that you’ve been reading in that entity which calls itself our media about SSG Bales’ personal life is exactly that – bullshit. Someone coughed up the $39.95 for a People Search account and dug up a whole bunch of shit on his financial woes and his arrest record. Any of you with an extra 40 bucks could do the same from the comfort of your home computer. I’ve done it when it was germane to the story. But in this case, it doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
The media is trying to find explanations for Bales’ crime when there is none. In the event the government proves that he did kill those 16 Afghans in cold blood that Sunday morning a week ago, there will be no motive, anymore than Ted Bundy had a motive. Can you think of a reason to kill 16 innocent people? Of course you can’t. Because you’re a reasonable person. Bales actions that morning can not be mitigated. But the media is trying to explain the unexplainable. It’s journalistic malpractice. The only people who will end up bearing the burden of this unprofessional behavior is Bales’ family, who in the end, regardless of the outcome, will have to live among us – and that should shame the press, but it probably won’t.<\/p>\n
My opinion is that Bales is guilty, and he’s the only one who perpetrated the crime. I don’t know what triggered his break with common decency, but I know it can’t be blamed on the military, it can’t be blamed on his debts, or decades-old arrests, or even on PTS.<\/p>\n
As one of you said yesterday, what Bales did took a measure of planning. And he was fully conscious of the fact that what he was doing was wrong. Regardless of his prior exemplary service, it only takes seconds to go to “Aw, shit”.<\/p>\n
Anyway, if you’re wondering why I haven’t posted your links or commented on them, that’s why. Some things the media thinks is news just isn’t, except in their minds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"