"Children, forgive us adults"

 A door smeared with blood lay on its side in one room; in another room, children's shoes were scattered among notebooks, textbooks and papers. Outside, in a book of condolences, was scrawled the message: "Children, forgive us adults."

Over the weekend I turned on the Fox News channel to find out what was happening in Russia.  A heavily armed radical Islamic group had invaded a school in Beslan, had taken hundreds of hostages, and I wanted to find out  what progress the negotiators had made, if any.  But Fox News was covering a hurricane in Florida.  Granted, Hurricane Frances was an important story, but was it important enough to take priority over a terrorist attack in Russia involving hundreds of children who were being held hostage? Talk about a misplaced focus! 

Frustrated, I went to a news web site to get the latest reports.  What I found out was that the ihadists were demanding that Russian troops be withdrawn from Chechnya. 

While Hurricane Frances blew the fronds off palm trees in Florida, hostages in Beslan were being humiliated and tortured.  No lives were lost in Florida, but in Beslan 326 people lost their lives--156 of them were children.  While Christians were burning, Hurricane Frances remained the focus of the America public's attention. 

Children were purposely targeted. The Islomofascists held them hostage for fifty-one grueling hours!  Then they murdered three-month-old babies and four and five year olds!  Why?  Because terrorists have no souls!  They will kill anyone for their own larger cause. 
 
The schoolyard terrorists were led by radical Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev who has ties to the Al Qaeda network.  Read the details about what happened in that school, because this very thing could happen in the U.S.  Forget about getting the details from the Washington Post.  The Post's coverage focused on blaming Russian President Putin for the tragedy. Forget about CBS, too.  CBS ran a story that barely mentioned who the murderers were. Other news outlets

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