Wednesday, February 25, 2015

The Hollywood effective.

How well known is the name of the other person dead besides Chris Kyle?

Chad Littlefield. His brother was the only person speaking to the judge last night.  

...The trial of Eddie Ray Routh (click here) has drawn intense interest, in part because of the blockbuster film based on former Navy SEAL Kyle's memoir about his four tours in Iraq....

This trial does not scour the Iraq War clean or elevate it's complete destruction of order in the Middle East.

The problem with this trial is the fact Mr. Routh may have a very viable appeal. Texas is bizarre. They carry out the death sentence with the criminally insane after they have been medicated and know their own reality AFTER THE FACT.

Mr. Routh was insane. He was well diagnosed. The idea Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans could defeat mental health issues by taking people to the firing range is extremely odd and dangerous. Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield were playing with fire and this was the result. They are not blameless in their own deaths.

I was looking to find where the criminally insane are hospitalized in Texas for their rest of their lives. Texas is not California with a dedicated and expensive facility to house those dangerous to society. So, what difference would it have made if Mr. Routh was sentenced guilty of capital murder or not guilty due to insanity, his disposition would ultimately be the same after being stabilized on medication. 

Psychiatric diagnosis are not temporary when it comes to schizophrenia or PTSD. That is why US Veterans are considered disabled when receiving these diagnosis. What ever made two former US soldier believe they could reverse the effect of mental illness with a gun? I am quite confident they didn't have the approval of any psychiatrist in this '...let's be friends moment.' 

Schizophrenia (click here) affects different people differently and symptoms can vary from person to person. Some people may have many symptoms, while others may only have a few.

No other US Veteran should have the delusion that weapons of war can cure the mentally ill. They need medical treatment, not a return to the battlefield. 

The prosecution in this case completely lost it's dignity last night when she stated the statements of a mentally ill SOLDIER were "Hogwash."  Somehow Mr. Routh's status of soldier to the USA was erased in his trial. He put his life on the line no different than Mr. Kyle or Mr. Littlefield. Even Mr. Routh's defense dare not bring up the service Mr. Routh provided to this country.

This is about the saddest trial ever conducted. Three veterans were lost and no one seems to understand the implications of that except to use it as a political agenda. So good of Hollywood to cooperate.