In the midst of our horror at what happened in Beslan, let’s not forget that

this isn’t the first time Islamic terrorists — Whoops! Sorry! I mean

“rebel insurgents” — have invaded a school and deliberately murdered little

children. From the “Letters” section of America’s Newspaper of Record

today:

“On May 15, 1974, Yasser Arafat’s terrorists took over a school in the

northern Israel town of Maalot. They murdered 22 children and wounded 60

before they were killed by Israeli commandos. An American doctor who was

vacationing in Israel treated many of the survivors. He reported that the

Arab gunmen aimed at the faces and heads of the children.

“The objective of Islamist terrorists is to inflict the most sadistic death

possible on the victims. If the Republicans and Democrats in Washington

don’t get serious about securing our borders and controlling immigration, we

can expect to see a repeat of the school takeovers by terrorists in Russia

and Israel right here in the United States.

“We can’t let that happen.”