<< > Have fun, Europe. We warned you that you'd be next. I'm sure that some
> of you will find a way to blame this on the Israelis, too. <<<sigh> <<Some people just never give up... :-( >> You just have no clue when you're being baited, do you? <<Given your persistence, did you bother to investigate the Erfurt massacre?>> Why, was that the Israelis' fault, too? Seriously, though. I read about it, I did not "investigate" it (how could I? I'm not a cop.) I have no idea why you're mentioning it in this context, though. My point was, in my opinion, Europeans do far more to justify and excuse and attempt to explain away terrorism than we do here in the US (or than they do in Israel). Now that you're getting some of it, I wonder if you'll be more inclined to see it for what it is: unjustifiable, inexcusable, simple murder. I know that in actual fact, there has been a lot more terrorism over the years in Europe than here in the US. Which makes it even more inexplicable to me that Europeans are not far more adamant in their response to terrorism than they are. We had one (admittedly ghastly) terrorist attack here and it galvanized an entire country. You've had decades of it, and you're all still soft as shit about it. I don't get that at all. Sympathy for the plight of the oppressed is one thing; sympathy for the devil is something else. I think it's high time that Europe woke up and realized: the terrorists are everyone's enemy, including the people they claim to be fighting for. We figured this out; Israel figured this out. Why can't you? Tom Beck "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I didn't realize I'd also see the last." - Jerry Pournelle
