Originally Posted by nightowlrn

It was all over our news. Perhaps the fact that there aren't groups who list the names, addresses, and pictures of recruiters on the internet, who call recruiters evil, who harass people who do business with recruiters, who drive around with trucks with pictures of dead soldiers, who pray daily recruiters will die, who make up lies to stir up the nuts, or who circulate petitions for Grand Juries on baseless accusations. to name a few. Or, perhaps it is because the FBI and local authorities wouldn't ignore threats against a recruiter because of the job they perform. Not to mention the fact that Dr. Tiller's murder could very well be the first shot of right wing terrorism. Finally, quite frankly, while quite sad, the murder of the army recruiter by an angry Muslim is not too surprising. But, the murder of a doctor during a church service because he is doing very legal medical procedures is a signal the organizations who vilify and harrass doctors and who intimidate woman seeking medical procedures have finally gone too far.

And, seriously, what more is there to discuss about the recruiter except it is a very sad thing. The action doesn't spawn many further political or policy discussions. Our gov't has been watchful of Muslim extremist groups for a number of years now. All the vigilance in the world probably wouldn't have prevented the recruiters murder.

Just guesses though ...