Been listening to the radio on this on and off today. And the picture I'm beginning to see is heart breaking.
They are brothers. They have had a reputation as being quiet, but friendly and helpful in that give-you-the-coat-right-off-his-own-back kind of way. They are both naturalized citizens of the US. They were both beloved by their family. Their family cannot wrap their heads around what they have done - their Uncle has gone as far to say that they are losers, that they have brought shame to all Chechnyans, and that they should turn themselves in.
The older brother has.... had a wife and a daughter. He was a boxer and competed in a Gold Glove match. He was always helping others out with their technique at the gym.
The younger brother idolized his elder. For all intents, he was practically a perfect son in his family's eyes.
Supposedly, the older brother was growing more and more devout in Islam over recent years... however, non of the major local mosques knew anything about the two brothers. If you are groaning in despair, I can understand why. I was doing so myself.
Why would two people who are such obviously good people, who can obviously see the good in others, who had so many good things going for them, permit themselves to be swayed into doing something so hateful and revolting?
It is times like this that I look at Radical-Extremist Islam... and my only desire is to see each and every one of these bigoted, spiteful, envious, and hypocritical spiritual-bastards spontaneously combust.
They are brothers. They have had a reputation as being quiet, but friendly and helpful in that give-you-the-coat-right-off-his-own-back kind of way. They are both naturalized citizens of the US. They were both beloved by their family. Their family cannot wrap their heads around what they have done - their Uncle has gone as far to say that they are losers, that they have brought shame to all Chechnyans, and that they should turn themselves in.
The older brother has.... had a wife and a daughter. He was a boxer and competed in a Gold Glove match. He was always helping others out with their technique at the gym.
The younger brother idolized his elder. For all intents, he was practically a perfect son in his family's eyes.
Supposedly, the older brother was growing more and more devout in Islam over recent years... however, non of the major local mosques knew anything about the two brothers. If you are groaning in despair, I can understand why. I was doing so myself.
Why would two people who are such obviously good people, who can obviously see the good in others, who had so many good things going for them, permit themselves to be swayed into doing something so hateful and revolting?
It is times like this that I look at Radical-Extremist Islam... and my only desire is to see each and every one of these bigoted, spiteful, envious, and hypocritical spiritual-bastards spontaneously combust.