I've read editorials urging the U.S. government to force Israel to make peace with Palestine. These are all interesting proposals, but they address the wrong issues. What happened last Tuesday was a tragedy and a disaster. But more importantly, it was a crime. It was murder.
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being, especially with malice aforethought.
There are situations where you can commit homicide and suffer no disgrace. Self-defense against an immediate, physical threat, for example. But murder crosses the line. It confounds me that so many Americans seem eager to mitigate the loathsome actions of the criminals who killed thousands of people in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Murder defies reason.