Yep, 100% agree. The colour of his skin has absolutely no bearing on the story.

It's irresponsible journalism.

(I looked back at the smileys I added to my first post....I hope you didn't take it that I was disagreeing with or mocking you. I wasn't)

That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. rock:

rock: rock: This guy just did what he felt he had to do to protect
himself and his men. Those chicken shit extremeist just blow up
innocent people. The bastard probable deserved to be knee capped
at the very least. We should get tougher to get the job done.

NEIN!

what do you think the US is: Nazi krautland or imperial Japs?
We have to be better than our enemies, that gives us the moral highground
(and in a war where we struck first we need all the moral highground we can get)