Hasan NOT ROTC: He joined military after high school. Was being deployed to Afghanistan

[Nikki Stone1]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#33743749

But why does Rachel pronounce it HA-san and not Ha-SAN?

[CJCRANE]

1. AFAIK

that's the pronunciation of the name in arabic, the stress is on the first syllable.

ed: sp

[D-Lee]

2. College ROTC program DOES exist (facts at this link)

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/majors_careers/36978.html

The shooter took the ROTC benefits for many years (college and med school).

He certainly should have known that Middle Eastern deployment could be expected ... not exactly a new war, as we all know.

[stray cat]

3. He went to medical school with the military who paid him to go and paid tuition

easily more than 500,000 dollars you and I spent to help Dr. Hasan succeed.

[hayu_lol]

4. It isn't like this guy was going to be handed a rifle once he...

got overseas. He would be seeing the same kind of patients there that he was seeing at Walter Reed. He would not have been out 'warring' on other Muslims.

The guy was smart enough to take Uncle's money to become a doctor(saving his family the expense of educating him). When the bill came due, he flaked out.