Just another day in Baghdad

 Without in any way diminishing the horror of the events at Virginia Tech, it is worth bearing in mind that something similar happens in Baghdad almost every single day. Yet for the most part we ignore the profound impact this is having on regular Iraqis, who, like us, just want to go about their lives. I wonder if ever country is as self centered as ours. I don't think so. We appear to have succeeded to the 19th century notion that the British had of their own exceptionalism.