One suspect is dead, and the other is forever in custody. Soon we will start to learn the who's, what's, when's, and most importantly, the why's. What we will learn about ourselves? We know we are resilient, we know we are inquisitive, we know we are steadfast in our resolve to live as Americans no matter what.
One thing is for certain, these two cowards have already been labeled as Chechens, and will likely keep that designation forever. Here's an article focusing on the Russian/Chechen struggle, something not reported on in the main stream media for years if not decades. The problem is they were born in Khazakstan, and the country they've lived in the longest is America. Shortly, the anti-immigrationists will come forth and claim essentially no one should be allowed to immigrate. The anti-Islamists will ratchet up their rhetoric, and the conspiracy theorists will claim it was all staged by either the left or the right or both.
Will we grasp that these two became Americans, who learned to hate America at some point? How will we classify them since they don't look North Korean, or Middle Eastern, or African? Only time will tell how we decide to categorize, and thus maybe understand or misunderstand, their motivations.
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