Since this was a preventable shooting and the Army has yet to take full responsibility, the victims have been forced to take this matter to court. It's remarkable that even after the Army's own investigation found procedural errors in how they dealt with Card, they're now trying to flip it around and claim they followed protocols to a tee. From the Army hospital to Card's own unit, everyone involved must be held accountable.

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While the US Army must be held to the highest standards, it's important to remember that it's made up of American citizens just like any community. Military leadership cares as much as anyone about finding closure and justice for the victims, which is why the Army will be introducing new mental health care, oversight, and training protocols so that nothing like this ever happens again.

There are too many holes in this story for us not to ask some daring questions, from the circumstances of Card's suicide to the government's subsequent public relations fiasco. US intelligence agencies have a history of conducting psychological operations on Americans to create events that lead to more government control, so while this could be a case of a lone, mentally ill man going crazy, there could also be something more sinister going on.