What a hideous, hideous thing in Russia. The images in the Times were heart-rending. I guess the Chechnyan separtists don’t want any sympathy any more, because they’ll certainly never get it again.
I feel kinda stupid saying my heart goes out to those affected, because I don’t know any of them, and the odds are very much against their knowing or caring what I have to say. But the world mourns with them.
What appalls me is those pundits on these shores who couldn’t wait until the bodies were cold to use this heinous act as “evidence” that we need to re-elect George Bush. Aside from the lack of logic on that connection, have they no shame?
If there’s one thing I personally learned from 9-11, it’s that using tragedy to further your political point before the grieving’s even been done comes off as both pompous and pathetic. That goes for both the Susan Sontags and the Jerry Falwells of the world.
Let them bury their dead. The last thing they care about right now is what you think of John Kerry.
The tragedy in Russia is beyond my comprehension – how can the human race contain such evil. What will it take to heal this world? My heart and head fills with compassion and I feel I am merely spitting in the wind. I am powerless.