Three Killers All In A Row

On Monday June 1, Carlos Bledsoe drove to a military recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas and fired at two soldiers in uniform. Bledsoe, a U.S. citizen from Memphis is a convert to Islam and changed his name to Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad. He trained in Yemen to be a jihadist. William Long, 23, died, and Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, was wounded and in stable condition. Both were standing outside the recruiting center when Bledsoe shot them.

The day before, on Sunday May 31, Scott Roeder drove to the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas and shot in the head one of the ushers who was serving at the morning worship services, killing him. The murdered man was Dr. George Tiller (see below). Roeder is a 51-year old anti-abortion activist from Kansas City.


George Tiller is one of the few providers of a medical procedure known as late-term abortion. He studied at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He took over his father's medical practice which included abortions. In his practice, he typically guides a long needle through a pregnant woman's abdomen into the baby's heart, injecting a drug lethal to the baby. He then induces labor so the woman can deliver the dead baby. He has been performing this procedure since 1980.


What do these killings have in common?

1. They ambushed the defenseless. William Long was just doing his job, serving the military. George Tiller was serving his church on a Sunday morning. A baby is peacefully at rest in his or her mother's womb. All the victims had no way to defend themselves.

2. No place is safe. William Long was killed at a United States military recruiting center. George Tiller was killed at a house of worship. A baby is killed inside another human being, its mother.

3. Human life is subordinated to other values. Jihadists teach that infidels are inferior and rewards await those who kill them. Scott Roeder placed no value on Tiller. Tiller's life was valuable regardless of what he did. Pro-Choice advocates including Tiller treat the unborn human life as worthless tissue, a "product of conception", totally disposable, subordinate to the political rights of women.

4. All the killers thought they were doing the right thing. The Muslim terrorist was doing the will of Allah. Scott Roeder believed he killed Tiller in defense of the unborn. Tiller believed he was helping women implement a political right granted by the state.

How are these killings different?

Perpetrators of terrorism are often punished. Their killings are murders. Carlos Bledsoe will most likely get the death penalty. Scott Roeder will probably get life imprisonment, although I believe he should pay with his life. Aborted babies have no avenger. Terrorism is against the law but abortion is legal and not regarded as murder. That is the only difference. Abortion is the legalized killing of the unborn. Abortion and terrorism both rob their victims of the right to life. Abortion is legalized terrorism against the unborn.