You just put your finger on it. I am very disturbed at the lack of coverage in the US television press. Its wall to wall hurricane coverage, which is something that happens every year, just like clockwork.
This massacre is in many ways Russia's 9/11, although I will grant that it is not their first. But it is extremely important in what it tells us about the nature of our enemy.
I have been surfing the channels looking for coverage, and the only channel to treat it with any importance at all is the Canadian news channel. I usually find them to be far too left-leaning for my taste, but the fact remains that they are the only ones to focus on Beslan.
I find this shocking, and it worries me. It explains a lot. We at this site tend to be news junkies, and we usually have a good feel for what is going on around us. But the average person depends on Fox or CNN, and if they didn't cover it, it didn't happen.
I keep waiting for Bush to speak, but so far he has not mentioned it as far as I am aware. I hope I'm wrong. But for him to remain silent would be equivalent to remaining silent after the fall of the World Trade Center. It would be unthinkable to treat it as a non-event.
And so far, we are treating it as if it didn't happen.
I believe the White House issued a statement, but it was obscured by all the hurricane and heart bypass coverage.
Even AMERICANS like Herbert Gregg, who were held and tortured, were not mentioned here.
The US media also passed on the 3 Brits/New Zealanders who had their heads cut off. Had to read BBC to get that story.
It is probably done on purpose.
Hopefully, there will be a state memorial service in Moscow or perhaps in some large city in the North Caucasus where world leaders can pay their respect to these slaughtered children. It is my hope that GWB will volunteer to attend such a service if Putin has no objections. Hope against hope that the two of them plus Britain can present a unified view on the need to eradicate terrorism throughout the world