Cho's terror tapes

Although not a member of al Qaeda or even an Islamist, Cho certainly borrowed from their playbook. AQ in Iraq likes to send beheading clips to the internet--Cho sent his sickness to NBC in a box.

It's obvious the monotone laundry list of grievances (read from a script, no less), the 'I'm so scary' action poses, and a token reference to Columbine and Jesus Christ show his insanity quite clearly. Matter of fact it's almost cliche--we've seen this before. What continues to bother me is the level of horror and shock I didn't feel over this story from the beginning. It was certainly there, but nowhere near the same level with Columbine, Oklahoma City or 9/11 or other mass murders, and this desensitization to violence is disturbing.

It would be nice if the media could take Cho's terror tapes and try to make linkages to the Islamo-loons murdering innocent people every day in Iraq and Afghanistan since they use the very same tactics. Some will say no, he was just crazy, not the same. But remember, he wasn't crazy enough to be tossed out of a university. And remember, both are sick in the head, both are consumed with evil, both make use out of what they've got to maximize carnage, both plan carefully and make dry runs.

In reality it'll probably be nonstop gun control or whether so and so should be sued or not. But it's ironic, we're having the same arguments about the failure to see the warning signs just like we did in September of 2001. Teachers said about Cho, "I knew immediately who it was" while in 2001 analysts said, "I knew immediately it was bin Laden".

MORE 4/18/07

This event was a tragedy, but like 9/11 it was also an attack by a member of the twisted brigade aligned against civilized humanity. Here's a summary, including more on Ismail Ax. I'm not convinced of his Islamic connection yet, and as Allahpundit says, caution is advised before more information is released.

But who cannot be convinced this is yet another face of terrorism? Notice also that some of the same people who lambasted Bush for not stopping 9/11 are now on the side of the university and medical community for not locking this man up.