Ut Prosim

Most people here don't know what to think about the attack on Virginia Tech.

On the one hand, it's very weird to be in a combat zone but be worried about people back home. We're all also pretty much sure that the other shoe has yet to drop. We've noticed that the police aren't saying much about the shooter yet, and that makes people here think there's more to it. Either we're going to find out he's a terrorist, or recently served in Iraq or Afghanistan, or something.

Maybe when you're in the hurricane you find it hard to believe that another storm can happen and it not involve you somehow. Nonetheless, pretty much everyone here thinnks there's going to be a tie in to this place or A-stan. And we're dreading it. We all pretty much hope we're wrong.

You know that the TV people (and I used to be one in a former life) have hours and hours to fill and no new news. So all they can do is go over everything from every angle. Like asking some student who was just recently in a classroom full of dead and dying kids if the SWAT team announced themselves before they kicked in the door. As if they were serving a warrant as opposed to trying to flat save peoples lives. And then asking her if they pointed guns at the students. Because SWAT knew who the bad guy was and were just bein "The Pigs!" for funsies, while stepping over the bodies. I mean, WTF?

Where did you go to journalism school? The University of Stupid?

Also, there are some here that think this is the beginning of a moslem offensive in the US, and wee should just go ahead and start firing the nuetron bombs and get the big holy war over with. I can't help but think they have a point at times. I mean, there's always this expectation by the Muslim radical leadership that we can't win. And so that we can be driven off. In truth, we choose to show restraint. We COULD kill 99% of the muslims on this planet inside of a year. We COULD turn all their holy sites into so much ruined earth. Frankly, it sometimes amazes me that we don't. And if this shooting turns out to be some terror attack by a muslim, I think we will have moved a few feet further down that road to the final annihiliation of their religion.

Regards,
-Bouncer-