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Of
all the news this week (Bush crushes Kerry by 11%, Kerry campaign
implodes, Bill Clinton has heart surgery, and Hurricane Frances),
nothing comes close to the magnitute of the Islamist siege of a school
in Beslan, Russia. This event was at the forefront of my mind last
Friday, although it wasn't given the attention in the media that it
should have been given.
Of
all the things the terrorists did (not allowing any food or water,
making the hostages drink urine, making the children disrobe because of
the intense heat, using human shields, planting bombs throughout the
gym, laughing at the prisoners, or blowing themselves up), nothing is
as horrific as the terrorists on the roof who shot children in the back
while they were running away. As a parent (and with school starting
this week), I couldn't help thinking of how it would be if MY children
were in that school. The barbarism displayed by the Islamists dwarfs
anything I have seen in my lifetime. Granted, I didn't see much of Pol
Pot's atrocities (I was too young), and I wasn't even alive when Hitler
was stuffing Jews into ovens. But this act ranks as one of the worst
I've ever seen. In some ways, it's worse than 9/11 (in evil, if not in
scope).
Perhaps
the most painful thought was when the terrorists allowed some of the
children to be released. When parents came in to get them, they were
allowed to take only ONE child (and had to leave their other
children behind). I cannot even imagine how hard it would be for a
parent to do that (not to mention how traumatized the
left-behind children will be). To me, that is the most
horrific part of this whole ordeal.
I
was interested to see some of the comments emailed to the BBC by
Russians, expressing their outrage at this horrible event. Half of the
Russians said Putin didn't do enough to protect them. The other half
said that he did all he could, and under the circumstances it's a
miracle that they weren't all killed (which is what I think). What I didn't
see were Russians emailing the BBC to say "We brought this on," or
"It's our fault." Not one of them faulted Russian foreign policy or
tried to make excuses for the Islamists. This is good. I wish Americans
could muster that kind of unity. Unfortunately, the Michael Moore wing
of the loony left (and the mainstream democratic party) has made that
impossible. And (not to get into politics over this tragedy) didn't
John Kerry say during the primaries that the threat of global terrorism
was "exaggerated?" John Kerry doesn't have the vision, foresight or
intestinal fortitude (balls) to lead America at this dangerous time in
our history. He's finished.
I'm
not sure when this happened, but apparently the FCC has now banned the
use of the word "terrorist," because every mainstream news source I
watched this weekend (including local stations) called these pieces of
human excrement "militants," "extremists," "separatists,"
"hostage-takers," and "rebels." Not once did I hear the word
"terrorist." How fucking shameful.
Finally, I would like to point out that not only could this happen here, it might have
happened if Bush, Ashcroft, and the rest of the "nazis" in the Bush
administration hadn't done such excellent work in the days following
9/11. Yes, I'm sure there were some innocent Muslims arrested during
the big sweep. But invariably, there were scores of Al Qaeda and their
sympathizers arrested during that period. Anyone who doubts this is a
fool.
In fact, members of a group called the Portland Seven (who tried to go to Afghanistan and kill American
soldiers) have admitted that
they planned to blow up a school in Oregon. This shit had better
not happen here, because there will be internment camps. I don't want
to see that, I'm just saying it will happen. And like the Nepalese who
rioted and burned mosques in Nepal (after 12 of their civilians were
decapitated in Iraq), the Russians have been pushed to their limit.
They've had two planes blown out of the sky (by Muslims), a suicide
bomb attack at a subway (by a Muslim), and now this brutal, savage
attack on a school. The shit is about to hit the fan, and the
"mainstream" media had better start telling us the truth. They could
start by showing us the photo at the top of this page (and by "showing"
I mean "broadcasting it on television," instead of me having to dig
through the internet to find it).
At
this time, my heart breaks for the people of Beslan. I don't know what
we can do, other than send the Russian Embassy emails of support. While
we can't do anything to bring back their loved ones (or help them track
down and kill the vermin behind this atrocity), we CAN send money and
show our support. Here's a place where you can donate to help the victims.
I'm doing that, and I'd like to ask you all to do the same. As you
know, I don't have a paypal button on this site, and I don't ask for
donations. This is a cause worth supporting. Why not just take whatever
money you were going to waste at Burlington Coat Factory (before you saw their "Che" ad) and donate it to the victims in Beslan?
Thank you,
'Coop
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