I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. Suitable words are difficult to summon in such tragic circumstances. However, may it comfort all Americans to know that there are those of us overseas who are remembering you in our prayers at this very sad time. I have no intention of joining in the current internet debate about the politics of your gun culture or about the apparent short comings of the authorities in not taking earlier pre-emptive action. That is a matter for your own internal debate at some later date. For now it is a period of deep mourning for those who have lost their lives in such a needless and pointless act of barbarity, at yet another seat of learning where peace and tranquillity should always reign supreme. With the daily carnage being reported in Iraq and elsewhere in the world we can well do without this form of homegrown terrorism. May God bless America and spare Her any more catastrophic events of this terrible nature.
