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andrew o'brien is a u.s.army veteran, and he helps veterans with ptsd through his organization and it's called the welcoming home soldier project. and what do you think of this plea by routh? >> i completely disagree with it. i don't feel as though ptsd should be used as an insanity plea. because people with ptsd are not insane. >> >> so obviously, it's an attempt to save his life, and to stay out of jail, i guess but if more than that? when veterans watch this trial what are they going to say about this plea? >> we, i mean me myself, i completely disagree with it. i don't believe -- i've heard about the things that he said to the police, about taking souls, and about all of these things that he was saying, they had nothing to do with ptsd, and i speak around the world about this, and i've never heard anyone talk this way. i feel like he's using ptsd as a scapegoat to stay out of trouble, and that's going to frustrate veterans, because we have been trying on so hard not to intimidate the civilian world and th

on the phone, former army convoy gunner andrew o'brien.ith me this morning. >> oh thank you for having me on. >> you served in iraq. you were diagnosed with ptsd. tell me about your experience with ptsd and also how you're concerned that this case here in texas could re-ignite a debate without a lot of information? >> well here's the thing. when people talk about ptsd they always focus on the war. ptsd can come from all kinds of situations in life. prior to any kind of military service. you know i've been living with ptsd since i was a child. i wasn't diagnosed with it until after the war, but i had been dealing with it since childhood. and -- what's going on with this case here in texas is it's really -- it's reached a stigmatizing, re-stigmatizing ptsd making people with ptsd look like they're insane and we're not. >> not only that also the discussion that ptsd was, according to the defense, somehow related to his actually desire to kill and we were just talking to kendra coffey. the fact is ptsd those has suffer from it there's no evide