I don't see it being mentioned that the guy was also paralyzed from the waste down in the shooting.
Wonder if theres gonna be a dip in enthusiasm from all the teeth gnashing chuds when we wheel out a sedated guy in a wheelchair onto the firing line.
That seems like it would be a pretty impact due moment for any kid who just had to listen to their dad's speech on "this is what we do to terrorists"
Idk about metaphor but its a perfect distillation of everything they do.
They want to do something
Experts tell them not to do it because they'll fuck it up
They say "screw you nerds" do it anyway, and fuck it up in exactly the way the experts said they would.