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US soldier massacres Afghan civilians

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Richard Mellor speaks from the hip. Commentary from the US is getting increasingly vitriolic and biting.....

US soldier massacres Afghan civilians. It's not about brain injuries

The massacre could be a defining moment. Whether brain injury, mental illness, PTSD, overwork, 'US soldier who's lost the plot slaughters innocent Afhgan kids' sums up the whole war perfectly for me [ed.]. The BBC said this about the villlagers' trauma:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17336587

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