In My Humble Opinion

Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is currently under arrest, accused of killing more than 16 Afghan civilians including children on March 11^th, 2012.

Bales entered a number of houses in a small Najabyan village demanding to know where the Taliban was and proceeded to shoot the residents of the homes, piling some into a room and lighting it on fire.

Bales has raked in three separate tours of duty in Iraq before he was sent to Afghanistan and had suffered traumatic brain injury during his last deployment in 2010 but was considered fit for duty after treatment.

Bales not only had a rough time during his tours but he also had a Florida investment job go sour, his Seattle- are home was condemned as he had trouble with finances on another, he failed to get a recent promotion, he was charged with assault and ran bleeding into the woods after a hit and run accident, all seeming to have had a emotional and mental significance on his well being.

The security of relationships between Afghan outlets and the U.S. are on the rocks and questioning how trustworthy the U.S. is.

This massacre, caused by this one solder, resulted in the Taliban suspending initial peace talks with the United States which had been so close to establishing after more than a decade of occupation and war.

Not only did the parliament shut down in protests of the killings but civilians were also protesting in the streets after the murders.

The U.S. military is now also facing problems because it is thought that Bales should have been better evaluated after his brain trauma.

It is clear now that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the war is affecting solders in the Middle East, especially after Bales murdered innocent civilians and children.

The U.S. government should wonder what signs were overlooked and how could this have been prevented?

In recent weeks, there were a number of Q’arans burned and this only angered the people even more before this bloodbath occurred.

This incident only further shows why the people of the Middle East tend to not trust Americans and often question if the U.S’ is there for the right reasons.