re: #279 opnion

I think that you & I are saying the same thing. Any data that I have seen shows returning veterans less prone to violence that their peer group in general.
If there is data that shows vets more likely to join extremist groups, I have not seen it.

They based that on an FBI report that found:

(U) Presence and Activity of Those with Military Experience in the Extremist Movement
(U//FOUO) A review of FBI white supremacist extremist cases from October 2001 to May 2008 identified 203 individuals with confirmed or claimed military service active in the extremist movement at some time during the reporting period.

2 This number is minuscule in comparison with the projected US veteran population of 23,816,000 as of 2 May 2008, or the 1,416,037
active duty military personnel as of 30 April 2008. It is also a small percentage of an estimated US white supremacist extremist population, which, based on FBI investigations, currently numbers in the low thousands.iv

203 out of 24 million is statistically insignificant.