Had the ghastliness in Bombay been wrought by Christian fundamentalist terrorists, how religion would steal the headlines! But it was Muslim fundamentalist terrorists, and for seven years we've had to put up with Muslims stoning adulteresses and beheading infidels under their mad religious laws, and been told that we must not offend their religion. And so MSNBC's headline today - 3 days after the first bombs, 7 years after 9/11, 15 years after the first WTC bombing - blames the horrors on "Pakistani militants." The victims are described in more radically religious terms than the killers: the office of "an ultra-orthodox Jewish group" was one site attacked by "gunmen." I'd rather be called a "gunman" than an ultra-orthodox anything.
Perhaps the only consolation of these murders in Bombay is that they'll inspire more Indians, Israelis, and Americans to take up arms against terrorists. The US is creating terrorists by being in Iraq, the 2007 National Security Estimate reports. Well then, the terrorists' invasion of Mumbai is creating more freedom loving warriors.
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