I was prepared to hear about a grenade attack at a US military camp in Kuwait but floored to hear that an American soldier is the prime may be a suspect. CNN

While of course the suspect may be mentally unstable and not a principled objector, the followng links are offered as Related: Not in a soldier’s name: Interviewed by television crews in the desert, the officers and men on the frontiers of Iraq put a brave face on it all. “We’re here to do a job.” But killing, and being killed, isn’t just a job. At least, some of them know it. Once in the service, it is very, very hard to quit. Comradeship is no mean virtue.

But in the US, it has become an issue. The Quakers, in North Carolina, have established a hotline to counsel disturbed members of the armed services. It is much in demand. Many Americans are devout Christians. Do they listen to church leaders, or do they follow their fundamentalist president, who still believes in crusades? It is tragic and ironic that Christian fundamentalism plays unwittingly into the hands of the Islamic fundamentalism it purports to despise. Guardian/UK

And: “A few in military refuse to fight ‘wrong war’. Activists call stance brave; critics say it’s cowardly.” USAToday