The dude was not mormon. We don't need your advice on this doc. Stick to what you know and don't speculate!

To Anonymous 12:53: He has a perfect right to comment on this. Not only does he enjoy the blessings of freedom of speech in this country, he is a mental health professional. Stop being nasty.

Beautifully written article. Thank you so much. To previous commenter - the writer has professional credentials and personal experience helping with training personnel to handle such situations - he is eminently qualified to advise and/or comment, and did so with grace and compassion. Again, I thank the writer for a sensitive and beautiful article.

This is all part of president Bush's great crusade, a war of religion. There will be no peace without mutual respect.

President Bush never blamed the Muslim world for 9/11. In fact, many times he reinterated it wasn't Islam that played a part in 9/11. The war is on terror of the radical islam elitiest. This is not about Christian and Muslim. This is about what happens when one goes to one extreme or another.

As far as the radical islam is concerned the only victory is the death of the United States and Israel. I'm sure there are many who respect Osama Bin Laden but that doesn't mean we don't want him captured. Islam is a peaceful religion just as the Christian religion is a peaceful religion. The difference is who is we say we worship or follow. What many fail to realize is that it is the same God.

Ft. Hood is sad, but this is happening every day to hundreds of people and famililes in Iraque, etc. and we pay no attention to it. It is like those people are little more than lab rats. When something like this hurts us so much then why can we not see how hurtful it is to others.

To Jack,
The vast majority of killings in Iraq, and many of those in Afghanistan, are done by Iraqis and Afghans on their fellow citizens.
This does not lessen the pain of death, but to say we don't see that they have pain is extremly unkind and avoiding the true issues.

My heart goes out to all those families of those who were killed in such a senseless act.