Iraq

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

David Morris  
> Sure. But the everyday killers in Iraq are vying for political
> dominance and fighting a factional war that's been ongoing for
> centuries. We, the US, did cause the collapse of the previously
> stable, but brutal regime, which itself was the byproduct of European
> colonialism a type of brutality itself.
> 
> But besides the loss of life, there is no parallel with the massacre
> at Virginia Tech.
> 
> David Morris
> 

True...bad as Virginia was, Iraq's much worse.

It is similar in that the whole thing proceeded from somebody
(a "decider") making a really bad decision, a decision lacking
a shred of compassion, and carrying it out,
ignoring reason, civilized custom and self-restraint...