Just As CNN Begins to Implicate Young Gang-Bangers in Fort Hood Mass Slayings, a 39-Year-Old Army Major is ID'd as Killer
A funny moment--not funny ha-ha but funny nonetheless--happened during CNN's live coverage of the Fort Hood slayings this afternoon.
For anyone who was in a cave, at Disneyland or on the road at the time,
12 people were shot dead and 31 others were wounded in a shooting
rampage at the U.S. Army base in Texas,
a prime point of deployment for U.S. operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. The lone gunman, who was originally reported to be among the soldiers killed, was being treated for four gunshot wounds, according to Army brass.
After a CNN reporter had just mentioned on air how fears have been expressed that lower enlistment standards have allowed people with criminal records to join the armed forces, Situation Room anchorman Wolf Blitzer wondered aloud to CNN consultant and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark if the gunman could have been a young gang-banger plucked from the worst streets in America.
As Clark began to answer, Blitzer interrupted to inform that the gunman had just been identified. At least one viewer repeated to himself, "don't be a young gang-banger, don't be a young gang-banger . . ." Of course, he wasn't.





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