On The Paris Terror Attacks

The following post was written on Facebook by a friend, whom like all of us, was angered by the attacks in Paris that left 129 dead and over 300 hurt, many critically.

""One cannot negotiate with psychopaths from the middle ages" How much more must civilized people endure? Buildings taken down, subway attacks, hotel attacks, and on and on it goes. Now Paris. The French have discovered the unintended consequences of open borders. They have now closed them (a little late in the game perhaps). We as Americas stand outraged over the color of coffee cups; outraged expressed by those who celebrate on Thanksgiving by standing outside retail stores determined to be the first one open after the last belch is expressed from dinner. They would (and have) killed for the last I-phone. We have crippled our police officers from doing their job, We teach our children the joys of collectivism and the folly of individualism. We elect politicians who pretend to be like us while they live in their mansions as they bathe in their millions. We have accepted and even embrace mediocrity. We laugh and revel in circus while Rome burns. The best quote of the day from (Facebook friend)'s good friend (name redacted) Destroy them now...I will ask for God's forgiveness afterward. (Facebook friend) begs forgivness for this rare political rant however this is now well beyond the scope of tolerance. Perhaps that this action that has gotten even the French to give up their espressos, pane chocolate, and a 4 day work week to retaliate,,may finally wake nations to do what they need to do quickly and decisively."

I do agree with this Facebook friend (to a certain extent) about getting outraged over trivial items.  And I am glad that the non issue that was the red cup debacle is on the back burner.  We get too worked up over nonsense, which I have been saying all along.  The smallest slights set us off.  Seriously, people, grow the hell up.

Speaking of people who need to grow up, many conservative wing nuts took to social media blaming politicians like President Obama for the Paris attacks (as if he were the one who destabilized an entire region by invading the wrong country in response to 9/11, which led to the establishment of ISIS, among other bad things).  One even suggested that if France's gun laws were not so strict, more lives could have been saved.  But what is to be expected from those always giving the NRA loonies a blow job?

Here is what is known about the attacks thus far.....

129 people are dead, including an American college student.  Over 300 are hurt, many critically.  ISIS has come forward to claim responsibility for the attacks.  France has declared a state of emergency, and has closed it's borders.  All of the attackers are dead, according to police.

I hope that Paris can fully recover from these senseless attacks.  And there is no reason to believe that they won't.  They will back, bigger, better, and stronger than ever.

We need to come together to help France, and to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice.  Really, now is not the time to point fingers and place blame.  We must stand united against terrorism.  Whining about whose fault it is will not get us anywhere.

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