Who could have foreseen...

...that sending young men and women off to war for no good reason might result in, well, a certain level of fucked-in-the-head?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier fired on his fellow troops at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad on Monday, U.S. officials said, killing five people in the worst such attack of the six-year war.

Either click on the link above or look below the fold for the truly wretched shit. Right after that, go find someone who voted Republican in either 2000 or 2004 (especially 2004) and punch them in the mouth. Hard.

Even those who supported this profoundly shortsighted and unnecessary war when it began have to admit that when your country's soldiers start to shoot at each other -- this isn't the first time, by the way -- the ends have officially ceased to sniff the point at which they might justify the means.

Initial reports of the mess:

"Preliminary reports show the soldier was was being escorted to the clinic, for reasons not yet explained," an Army official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Army Times.

"Once inside, he got into a verbal altercation with the staff and was asked to leave. The soldier and his escort got back into their vehicle and began to drive away.

"At some point during the drive, the soldier got control of his escort's weapon and ordered the escort out of the vehicle," the official said, according to the Times. "The soldier then drove back to the clinic, walked in and began shooting."

Anyone else profoundly disappointed in our country?

Also, this happened.