Many lesser known serial killers have been vets of the war. I don’t know if they have been proven to actually fight in it. But it doesn’t matter because when all your buddies brag about raping some woman or burning down a village because he felt insulted, you normalize that forever.

We don’t really see a serial killer phenomenon with the war on terror. But we do see a mass shooter phenomenon. Again, it’s the propaganda, dehumanization, and sanitization of violence.