With the recent tragic shooting in Virginia, I wish to express my heartfelt sympathies to the families, students and faculty of Virginia Tech first and foremost. As a faculty member at a school that has dealt with some tragedy recently, I can understand how the school is dealing with all the media hype.
When the shooting happened on Monday, I waited in front of the TV to hear some confirmation that the shooter was not an Arab. If the gunman was, the talk would be not of him being a loner or a psychologically disturbed individual, but whether or not he was part of a terrorist plot or cell. Not to say the police should not pursue all venues of investigation, but the media would focus hours of coverage on why Arabs are so prone to shoot people blow themselves up.
I somehow doubt that the U.S. will seek to blame South Korea for this incident, and neither show we, nor should Koreans feel responsible or guilty that the shooter was of the same nationality. But I can't help thinking that if the shooter was a Syrian for example, that many in this administration as well as Congress would be using it as yet another reason to talk tough against the Syrian government.
Three interesting articles questioning Israel's desire for peace, two from Jewish writers (here and here), and one from that great Left-wing radical Robert Novak.
Also, an article by former Senator James Abourezk about how the U.S. is hypocritical when it comes to Syria.
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