Name That Syndrome

I know a book can't be judged by its cover but to me Steven Green looks capable of rape and multiple murder, including murder of a child. Green was discharged earlier this year from the Army with a "personality disorder." A euphemistic way of not calling someone a psychopath even when they are one.

He looks like one of thousands of skinny white boys in the Heartland raised on sugar and Ritalin and a big chip on the shoulder, nurtured by parents who didn't really want to be bothered with the too many kids they keep having.

Without knowing his biography I would predict Green spent his youth in Midland, Texas slapped around and ignored by an alcoholic promiscuous mama and an absent daddy who buzzed on a disability check and prescription drugs.

The US has been breeding a lot of Greens (of all colors); going into the 3rd generation now. Texas does seem to contribute more than its share, having placed one in the top job at the White House.

The "right" will spin atrocity as unconnected from the illegal war or failed government policy, and there's a grain of truth to that. Boot camp didn't make a monster. They'll praise the military for weeding Green out although not in time for the Iraqi family he destroyed. They'll praise the military for investigating and charging the perps.

And after the "left" has gotten its mileage off Green and similar cases, i.e. how troops are becoming rapists and killers, the "left" can protest the death penalty for psychopaths like Green who never developed a conscience and never will (GW an excellent example of failed conscience).

Many will pretend the military made men into monsters rather than our own social structure of ignorance, coarseness, pharma's artificial happiness, and no one personally responsible; blindly breeding yet another generation of "disorders."