Gerg Palast's view on VT

[cooolandrew]

The Accomplices: Sundance George and Butch Reid and the Virginia Tech Massacre
Published April 17th, 2007 in Articles

by Greg Palast

He had accomplices. Don’t kid yourself: 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui didn’t forge his two little pistols in his smithy shop.

He had a dealer, a guns-and-bullets pusher-man who put the heat in his hand, took the kid’s money and pocketed it with a grin.

“Whether you are looking for a pistol for affordable training or simply the excitement of shooting, the P22 is the pistol for you!”

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[deadmessengers]

1. He had me right up until this line:

Hitler came from Austria, too.

WTF does Hitler have to do with the VT massacre? That one line casts a HUGE shadow over an otherwise well-written piece. Instead, it's easily dismissable as emotional illogical pap. I've come to expect better from Greg Palast.