Seriously? This story really hit me today. I can’t believe how someone could even do this to another human being let alone someone you liked/loved. I know revenge is sweet but this is just ridiculous. It’s stories like this that give our men and women of the Armed Forces a bad rep. They could be half way around the world risking their lives for our freedom but let one bad egg ruin it for the rest. It’s no wonder that Marines like many other of our valiant men and women are given a stereotype of “psychotic.” And it is not their fault when returning from combat that torture and punishment is not in general terms of the regular US public. Psychologists and psychiatrists will tell you that most if not all men and women cannot adjust to civilian life and that’s why many of them go back to war because it’s “all that they know.”

Now I can’t say from my point-of-view because I have never served but I do have friends who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and they debate going back to help their brothers in arms. And because the adjustment is just too huge – you’re literally fighting for your life and now you have to support your family through a regular job, “cool down” to civilian life. It has to be tough.

First the puppy incident as show in the following Youtube video and now this?

It’s just not believable…at least I would like not to believe it. It’s so harmful to the image of the brave souls around the world protecting us every day. War makes you crazy and although I don’t agree with the war anywhere around the globe I support the valiant men and women that defend this country with their blood. But stories like this help me “stereotype” that they are crazy and not to be “f’d” with.

This not only applies to our beloved men and women of the Armed Forces but everyone in the world has different stereotypes. Stereotyping never gets anyone anywhere and makes them ignorant for what people really are. You can say that all Muslims are extremists but they really aren’t, only the ones you see on TV and terrorist videos. But this isn’t their entire society. The same thing can be said about every race, culture and religion. They might be true about a few people but stereotyping never does anyone justice. It’s up to us to differentiate between whether to believe and focus on the stereotype or to move on and actually get to know the person before we “pre-judge” them. A few bad eggs shouldn’t spoil the entire carton.