If Nidal Hasan wanted out, he could have told the Army he was gay

[Kolesar]

The Army would have "granted" his request.
Discuss.

[xultar]

1. He'd rather cut the top of his skull off and use a spoon to eat his own brains.

[HughMoran]

9. Can you imagine a devout Muslim like him saying "I'm gay"

:hurts:

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. That is not exactly

a statement someone who is a very religious Muslim would want to make.

[Warpy]

3. That was completely unacceptable

to a Muslim zealot, which it seems he had become.

Suicide by cop while murdering fellow soldiers seemed much more logical to his incredibly disordered mind.

[cali]

4. that'a absurd. but he could have done many things other than commit mass murder.

[DailyGrind51]

5. Not if he wanted to remain a Muslim!

[Kolesar]

6. He could have *started* the "reformed" branch of Islam

Islam has three or four branches now, does it not?

[timeforpeace]

7. He didn't want OUT. He had it made. But when he was reassigned, pop went the temper. Psycho

was treated with kid gloves, he was special because of the PC mindset of not disturbing his radical sensibilities.

[zbdent]

8. Hired Orly Taitz ...

that alone would probably give him a discharge on insanity ...

[ecstatic]

10. I'll admit, many moons ago when I was considering the military

for college money, that was going to be my way to get out if I didn't like it.

[Kolesar]

15. My roommate refused a commission after a four year ROTC scholarship

They put him in the enlisted ranks for two years. He was a graduated electrical engineer wearing dungarees and scraping paint.

[cynatnite]

11. The army will let anyone out if that's what they want.. n/t

[SoCalDem]

12. or changed his name to Yossarian or Klinger n/t

[stray cat]

13. And he would have had to kill himself for orthodoxy's sake

which would have actually been great if he would have just taken himself out.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

14. I don't think it is that easy

We had a guy go unauthorized absence once before a morning formation. He left a note stating that the military wasn't for him and don't bother looking for him because he was gay and staying with his lover. Within 30 days they were able to find him. After his punishment for going UA was completed, he was reassigned to another unit. There was never any proof that he was a homosexual.

[rd_kent]

16. He was an officer. He could have resigned his commission anytime.....

[pitohui]

17. i doubt it seriously, does this EVER work?

lots of people have tried that over the years, can't say i ever heard that it worked for them

i don't think he wanted out, i think he was a terrorist who wanted to be exactly where he was and who killed a lot of good soldiers

i don't understand the fetish with pretending that there are no terror attacks on american soil (other than 9-11), this tired old bush/cheney lie should have been put to rest a long time ago

there are bad men out there and sometimes they kill people and it isn't just by happenstance and accident, and it doesn't just happen in those "other" countries

sure he's a nut, for that matter, every wingnutter who shot an abortion doctor is a nut but they're still terrorists, it is not one or the other, it's both -- the two things are not mutually exclusive in any way

[JVS]

18. Nobody should have to lie about their sexuality, ever.

[Kolesar]

20. Conscripts used that dodge to stay out the Vietnam War

A lot of men said that early on in the war. Eventually, the Army started to ignore the answer and press the draftees into service nonetheless.

[burning rain]

19. It's a violation of DADT to just come out & announce it.

Now if you get "caught," then that works.