My thoughts and prayers are will all in the Fort Hood community, the fallen and their families. My son is a Specialist there and was thankfully not involved. There's a lot of good men and women on that base.

This is really tragic. It seems that the assailant was very depressed and was probably pushed over his limits to have done such a heinous crime. I hope there are measures taken at home bases to track such ailments and take corrective actions so that this does not happen again.

I recently spoke with the Director of Focus Adolescent Services. They are our Nation's largest clearinghouse of information, with a free helpline, for parents and professionals dealing with troubled teens. My call was in regard to a book I am writting. I was told, during my conversation, that the nature of many of their calls are now from the wives of our brave troops whose husbands have returned home. The wives are saying that their husbands are returning as a changed man; not the person he was. It is having a negative impact on their marriage and their children. I thought that our military had instituted measures for dealing with, post traumatic stress syndrom," and other battle related problems.

I am sorry to hear about this senseless killing.

My prayers go out to all the families and friends of all that were killed and wounded. I live in California and am deeply hurt and stunned that this has happened on America soil, on a military base. We should not have to worry about our men and women in the military on America soil. God Bless America

I have a son and daughter -in- law who lives in Kileen I called her early this morning to check on her, she is fine. my heart and my prayers goes out to all the people in Fort Hood. My 2 oldest sons was stationed at Fort Hood. and I agree we are used to worrying about our soilders over sease not at home. May god be with everyone there.

Great story, Janet, accented by your report tonight on Nightly News. Sadly, even one of the safest places in the world has its dangers.  We must all be alert and vigilant in our daily activities.  My father in law (Tony Valle, age 89) served in combat with the 4th Infantry Division in WW II, and sends his condolences to his 21st century comrades and the brave, strong people of Killeen.

Yes, I agree, we have always belived that the north american continent is supposed to be safe, but that belief has been chipped away at not just by this incident, but the issues on the border to the south, and the attack on the east coast - But the one  thing we can be assured of is that our soldiers, our felow citizens on the line, here and abroad, are our best and brightest and are giving the job at hand their all. Let us never forget that and let us remember them in our prayers every day.

As a 20 year Air Force veteran, my heart and soul go out to the families of these men and women. Having been away from home many, many times, even though you miss your family and friends, you never think about something like this happening.  You accomplish your mission believing that they are safe and out of site of the enemy.  Today the enemy could be standing next to you.  Not all muslims are terrorists, but from what I am reading and hearing, this man was a walking IED waiting to go off.  The Red Flags were up and waving, no one was looking however.  Even the FBI let this one drop.  God bless and keep our men and women in harms way and bring them home soon!!

As the mother of two Marines, my heart aches for those who were killed or injured, as well as their families and friends.  My prayers are with you all and may God shed his grace on everyone involved.  

Our hearts go out to the community and those at Ft. Hood. This story has touched the nation and we all stand with you. Many of us have military family, those serving presently and those who have gone before. Military families and friends have a love for one another and a deep respect for each other. God Bless you all.

Janet, obviously no one ever taught you about Pearl Harbor, another peaceful base on United States soil, untill December 7, 1941.  My father was there. Like most americans you have been so miss-taught that reality checks like these are a shock to you. You do not believe that anyone could be so evil with the sincere belief that they are doing the right thing. You can express the surprized shock well, but learn some history before you try to write anything serious. Read the Washington Post article by Pamela Constable about how Pakistanis are shocked and blame foreigners. This ignorance is what allows you and the people in Pakistan to be manipulated. Wake up or give your pen to someone who has.

I just want to take this moment to tell the community to please focus on the relevant facts regarding this tragedy.  Please, PLEASE set aside the pointless fact of Nidal Hasan's religion being Islam.  It serves no one but the demagogues that wish to use this point to whip up a frenzy of fear, mistrust, and rhetoric for their own purposes.

Instead, please focus on the fact that this was a US citizen who was accepted into our military YEARS ago, and has since had to serve in the capacity of comforting soldiers who had to return from tours of duty.  I can't speak for Hasan's experiences specifically, but listening to fellow soldiers recount their time in hell, then being told that it's your turn to go would probably set something off.

So please remember that if Hasan was a Christian or Jewish gentleman that such a fact would most likely be downplayed in this media.  Bear in mind that many of us know Muslims that don't have a mean bone in their bodies, and further inflating such a pointless fact serves no one but those who distract us using fear and personal agendas.

People are just not paying attention and have not been since as long as I can remember,  in the early days of the gulf way the number of deaths of soldiers on bases at home exceeded the causualties of war and no one had their eye on the ball then and they do not now.  Soldiers are always at risk in that they typically a young and fearless.  They drink and drive, fight over women and do other things that continually put them at risk.  The shootings at Fort Hood are not to be unexpected. The enemy is everywhere, and intent on killing as many of us as they can when we least expect it.   So expect it, stay vigilant, listen to the background noise, and remember all muslim men and some women are suspect. It is just the way the lay of the land is, be politically correct enough and they will find our weakness and take advantage.  You can take that to the bank.

This must be a clue. An educated Muslim man born in the US decided he would kill his military flock to save Muslim killing in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was desperate and angry so he went ballistic. Maybe we should pull our troops all together from the confusion we are creating. It all seems futile as a bottomless pit. Nothing but killing here and there.

I learned on Sept 11, '01 that there's no such thing as not worrying about our troops, regardless of where they're stationed.  My husband was in the Army.  His office was in the Pentagon.  

Your heading "Not supposed to worry about troops at home" is not true.  We are at war?  Every military base in the country should be on high alert?

I am a veteran.  I am, as of now, receiving aid by the many nationwide and local veteran aid assistance programs.  As of Friday, I have been notified that my rent for the next 30 days will be paid with the help from USAcares which I found online.  I am out of work, nearly broke and nearly homeless and also facing a 1 year jail sentence if I do not complete a court mandated anger management 52 week course.  I have completed 38 consecutive classes and I have only 14 left.  I received a bad report from my class counselor and I may potentially have a longer duration of classes beyond the 52 weeks.  This would create a situation of entering the jail system if I do not complete the course due to lack of funds.  The failure of my class participation is placing blame on my mother for my actions, I will not blame my mother for my failures but I will offer information related to professional help.  After the bad report, I did not snap and blame the world.  I took action and I made some phone calls.  I do need help, I do need a friend, I do need mental health, and I do need it now.  When I asked for help and reached out my hand, I got help from the last place I thought to look.  Early on, during my search for help in all areas, I turned to the V.A. and I called the 1800VetHelp hotline and the line was too busy and then the system hung up on me.  This was on November 3, 2009.  As of now, I am safe, secure, confident and of sound mind that I will recover from my situation.  As for food, I will be sent a Wal-mart card for food from USAcares and Vet logging.  There are people, young, old, professional, service personal, family, friends, strangers, out there who want to help you; they just need to know where to place the aid.  To those in crises, call the crises hotline in your area right now and talk about your problems.  With this first step that you take, all of the rest of your problems become manageable and more under control.  The people out in the United States need to be there for you and they all to a man, woman and child, want to know about you right now and they really do care about you.

I would like to say that this is horrible.  My heroes died protecting me.  From Terry, a veteran in California I want to make a shout out, hello Fort Hood, hello the State of Texas, hello to fellow American there right now, I love you and I know that we in all parts of America and over seas are here for you.  I will always remember those far away and those at home as my heroes and my friends.  I will try to become a better person each day by the example they have shown.  Hey Washington, please take care of my friends in the military and protect them.  I trust you, and I have faith in you to make them safe.  

I dont think the major hassan snapped at all. I beleive that all along he was torn between the war and his duties to Islam and his faith perveil when
he though there was no way out,he chose to do what he did. To get out of being deployed one way or the other. either get discharged on being insane or die out.

All faiths have zealots willing to die for their religion but only the Muslim faith approves of the sacrifice to Allah. It is not the fault of the zealot but the faith that uses him for their agenda.

The war is always happening here before it can be brought "over there". It started here in the hearts and minds of those who thought political differences can be solved by killing mostly civilians..... and this unhinged soldier has reminded us...that here is where we have to examine our mistakes and then make the peace. Too bad we couldn't have figured that out before he (or someone else) went completely berserk.

I am a Navy Brat....A Ex.Army Wife of 20 years with my Helicopter Pilot Husband, we had a good marriage, up until the timeframe, of 1988...as he went on a TDY trip back to Ft. Rucker, Alabama to a special class he had to take & met up with a female at the bar & the rest of that story is history...Now, I am married to a Retired Navy Seal & we were married in 1990 & still going strong! Any time I hear about this type of situation, my "heart" goes out to all involved, pertaining the lost of a loved one. I just feel, that what goes around, comes around & that person who did this to our American Warriors, be they men or women,I so Respect Each & Everyone of them & God Bless them & may God Keep Them Safe from the enemy within our American Country or WHEN OUT OF IT, being overseas! There will always be unknown enemies lurking around when anyone least expects it!Be it Overseas or in America! My prayers are always with our military personnel & the ones who "Pretend" they are like our military men or women...are just Fooling themselves as "Our American Soldiers Will Catch Up W/Them, Sooner Or Later.....Hopefully....SOONER!JEM

It is a shame that we have to worry about things like this happening at all. I see it as a sign that it is time to reevaluate the mental readiness of our soldiers before they are deployed. I am well aware of the goal of retention in the Army as I am a former soldier, but things like this are increasing before during and after deployments. Is time to reevaluate how we handle the mental readiness of all soldiers. We have got to reevaluate how we look after our own.

I work on Fort Hood as a civilian Nurse-Midwife. I happened to be off work on Thursday when this all happened, and yesterday (Saturday) was my 1st day back at work. As I walked into the hospital--MY hospital, where MAJ Hasan worked upstairs from me--my ID was requested and my bags were searched by 5 or 6 armed soldiers. They apologized to me all the while, for the inconvenience of going through my things and keeping me waiting. These soldiers have pledged to protect me abroad and are now forced to do so at home? They can search my bags any day if it means they are keeping me safe!! We are all still reeling from the chaos and security is very tight. I cannot stop hugging my husband and children till they beg me to stop. This tragedy has devastated our small community and yet we have seen how quickly we all draw together and can rescue each other.

All religions have a common goal, PEACE, LOVE AND CARING FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN IN THE NAME OF THE MAKER.

Some people preach that only one religion exists and that any other must be exterminated. Those people are as we know are EXTREMISTS.  

Let us not become one ourselves by targeting the entire group. We all love God our maker in some way.

All our prayers are for the dead and injured and the  families.

Whether or not we should have to worry about our troops at home seems irrelevant.  Apparently we do need to worry about our enlisted and veteran men and women at home, as many of them are obviously not receiving the care and attention they need when they get home.  We need to make sure that we take care of them as much as they take care of us.  It's so unfortunate when this happens though, whether it's done by a soldier, a student in high school, or anyone else.  There is a need for all of us to be concerned about the number of people in this country who have access to lots and lots of guns and who are subject to lose control and hurt themselves and those around them.

When this happens overseas -- and it does, more often than the corporate fee-good for-profit war-cheerleader media admits -- it's "a few soldiers were killed today."

When the killer has an American name, it's "a few soldiers were killed in a friendly-fire incident today."

But when the reichwing-run media can use it to stir up bigotry, and support their war profiteering, suddenly it's all this HUUUUGE deal about Muslims.

Wrong.  This blood, and all the other deaths, drips solely from the hands of George Bush and Dick Cheney, and all their fellow war cheerleaders, including ALL repukelicans, and the handful of Democratic ones.

The horrors this man had to hear, and try to help with, are entirely the fault of the cowards ba$tards who sat home in their leather loungers and chortled at the amount of money they were making from illegally invading two countries on false pretenses.

The HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS dead, the MILLIONS whose lives have been ruined, are COMPLETELY AND ONLY the fault of the "Friends of Chicken George."

Remember that, one year from now when you go to vote.  It wasn't just a lone psychiatrist who simply couldn't take it any more.  It wasn't just the 'American' officer who shot Pat Tillman in the back to keep him from talking, and the 'American' officers who tried to cover it up.  It wasn't just Sgt. William Kreutzer (North Carolina) or Sgt. John M. Russell (Liberty Base).

THOSE WHO ARE ULTIMATELY, AND COMPLETELY, RESPONSIBLE FOR *ALL* of these deaths, not just a few shootings that -- face facts -- took fewer lives than a normal day on the Texas roads -- ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THESE WARS FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROFIT.

Give me no "9-11" crap.  There have always been crazies, and there will always be crazies.  We grow plenty of our own.

Attacking Afghanistan because some Saudis hijacked five jets makes as much sense as bombing the entire state of New York back to the stone age because Timothy McVeigh was born and raised there.

Attacking Iraq because Saddam stiffed the Bush family on an oil deal, when the Bushes sold him poison gas in exchange for drilling rights, makes as much sense as, uh....  Well, as much sense as installing an illiterate wartime-deserting cocaine-snorting tantrum-throwing vicious coward bully in the White House in the first place.

Not all killing sprees can be laid at the feet of repugnantcans.  Having sane presidents and congresses, instead of hair-dye Ray-gun and Traitor Herbert and Gingrich's "Contract on America" and the schizophrenic narcissist, whose response to a dozen warnings of crazy people on the loose was to go read a second-grade book, might not have prevented the Texas tower shootings or the Columbine shootings.

Then again, if the leaders had been sane instead of clearly delusional, maybe it COULD have helped.  That, we'll never know.

But we know for an absolute fact that if Bush/Cheney hadn't been forcibly and treasonously installed, when they were NEVER legally elected, then 9-11-01 would NOT HAVE HAPPENED.  The Gore Report and international exchanges of intelligence had already identified the threat, and measures were already underway to prevent it.  Then the self-appointed VP threw it all in the trash, snarling "I don't want anything from those people!"

We would never have had to send soldiers to countries that didn't want us there.  We wouldn't have had to decimate our National Guard, destroying our emergency response capability at home.  Gasoline would not have gone to four dollars a gallon because of crooked speculators.  The economy would not have been wrecked to fill the pockets of war-machine billionaires.

And MILLIONS of people would still be alive, unharmed, working, safe, spending the holidays with their families.

REMEMBER THAT, one year from this anniversary.

Hasan pointed the gun -- but he himself was also a victim.

The ones who voted for these horrific invasions, the ones who sit back and smile at their profits from killing, are the real murderers.

To my fellow soldiers back at Hood.  Your Cav brothers and sisters are thinking about each and everyone of you.  You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Yes, is very sad what has happened at Fort Hood, .  I'm retired Air Force and servied for 24 year went everywhere including during the Vietnam War.  But I think that if we have to look to blame anyone , it would have to be our own Armed Forces and our Government.  When I left the military and came back from Vietnam, nobody helped me or my famely with my stress of the war etc...They just did not care if I got a job or not after I left...Our Government and Armed Forces really have forsaken our soldiers.  Somebody should look into this and make some changes quick...This solider who did the killings was really to me a consicentious objctor, why was not he identiflied as such and released from the service...Come on people, our Genearals and high ranking officers, earn your money....get something done, now.....  

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