>it is hard to say that the Gulf War caused anything of the sort when
>you consider that war had nothing to do with Columbine et al.....a
>more likely suspect is the culture more generally.....the war may
>have been the impetus for a few, but the damage was already there
Malvo and McVeigh were both GW vets. I don't have any stats, but I'll bet a lot of GW vets came home and beat their wives too. There's a lot of homefront blowback from war. And the sickness, physical and mental, and excess deaths are well-established. It's stuff like the GW that helps create the "general culture" you refer to.
Doug