Blasts in Sharm el-Sheik

A series of blasts in Sharm el-Sheik, an Egyptian resort on the southern tip of the Sinai, has killed at least 36 and wounded 150. The resort is popular with Europeans, Israelis, and Egyptians.

It should come as no surprise that many of the dead were Egyptian. Animals don't worry about distinctions like that. Besides, I'm sure they'll argue that the murdered Egyptians were guilty of "consorting with the infidels". Perhaps they had the nerve to stay in the same hotel as Europeans (oh, the horror) or Jews (*gasp*). Perhaps they were guilty of the crime of sipping coffee with friends at a cafe that happens to be in an area popular with infidels.

Sadly, Norm Geras will be able to add yet another entry to his summary of the many ways the enemies of humanity fight their "war". They murder sleeping tourists on holiday. They murder Egyptians out for a cup of coffee with friends.

At times like this, I wish I was British. They are simply unsurpassed in their ability to express their disdain for cowardly death-obsessed murderers like these bastards. Americans simply lack the centuries of refinement that have allowed Brits to raise profanity to an art form.