A Tragic Sign of Progress

One of the most distressing things about Islamo-fascism is the joy that some Moslem parents have publicly displayed over their suicide-bomber child. So this decision by an Iraqi father--if the reason he gave is true--is encouraging in the big picture even as it is heart-breaking at a personal level for the father:

An Iraqi man killed his 19-year-old daughter after he discovered al-Qaida had recruited her as a suicide bomber in an area north of Baghdad, a police spokesman said on Friday.

I can't imagine being faced with the dilemma of stopping your own child from killing scores of innocent strangers, as a suicide bomber. It's a messed up world when killing your own child is the least bad decision you can make. But that is less messed up than it used to be--and still is in some communities.