They are arguing that any indications that Hasan was motivated by his religion should be treated as nothing more than the crutch of a madman, and that no broader conclusion can be drawn from that.

They are SIMULTANEOUSLY arguing that any indications that Hasan was motivated by stress from being deployed should be treated as indicative of a broad trend and that deployments are abusive to all soldiers everywhere.

Hmm. It’s like they have contradictlexia.