Enormity and gravity of Germanwings air disaster in French alps

A New York Times scoop on information from the Germanwings voice recorder recovered from the airplane's bombastic crash site leaps through several theories about what happened to bring the flight to a disasterous collision with a mountain. An unbelievable debris field is now littering a mountain in the French alps.

It's difficult for anyone to say the obvious, but if the end of the Germanwings flight was caused by nefarious criminal actions, the enormity and gravity of the information will lead to a "Lusitania" type crossroads.

RMS Lusitania sunk by a German U boat in 1915, when 1,198 people died including 128 Americans

In 1915, the sinking of the British RMS Lusitania by a German U Boat, was a definitive incident that led to the exacerbation of World War I.  Germans fired on a non-military ship without warning. As a result, the sinking caused a storm of protest in the United States, as 128 Americans were among the dead. The ship's deliberate sinking helped shift public opinion in the United States against Germany and influenced America's eventual declaration of war in 1917, when the US entered to support the allies.  

Intelligence about the Germanwings crash reveals some evidence to support an unusual event in the airplane's cockpit. It's sobering to ponder what will happen if all reasons for the airplane's descent into a mountain in the alps are ruled out and criminal intent is determined to be the cause of the crash. Nevertheless, the crash of the Germanwings aircraft has opened a Lusitania type situation for the European nations. It was only a matter of time before a disaster would follow the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. Now, the Europeans including the English, the French, the Spanish and the Germans must respond. A delayed response is not acceptable. If criminal intent is the cause of the air crash where 150 people were murdered, the root cause of the nefarious act must be determined so a rapid response can be launched.  

Sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the Germanwings air disaster.  

American news is finally connecting with Europe Islam extremism - freedom of speech now attacked

A Maine Writer blog posted two days ago made the ominous prediction about a European sentinel event. In other words, it didn't take a psychic to figure out that something terrible was about to happen, someplace in Europe, resulting from growing Islam extremism throughout Europe. Today's attack on the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has, unfortunately, fulfilled my blog prophesy.

Sadly, there's no dignity in being "dead right".

In my opinion, the world's response to the terrorist attack on the satirical Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, where 12 people were slaughtered by three masked gunners, should be to encourage all print and other media sources to republish something the newspaper had printed.

BBCNews reports on what's described on one of the worst terrorist attacks on French soil:

Gunmen attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack.

At least two masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with police in the street outside before escaping by car.

The gunmen shouted "we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad", witnesses say.

President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack "of exceptional barbarity". A major police operation is under way in the Paris area to catch the killers.

People had been "murdered in a cowardly manner", President Hollande told reporters at the scene. "We are threatened because we are a country of liberty," he added, appealing for national unity.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in a tweet: "The murders in Paris are sickening. We stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press."

Julie's note - Hopefully the assailants of the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo will be apprehended and punished. Nevertheless, just finding these murderers shouldn't be considered the end of this terrible incident. Something very deliberate and strategic must be done to eradicate religious extremism, especially the terrorism associated with radical Islamic groups that are determined to destroy modern civilizations. Freedom of speech, of course, is the apparent front line battle field of these dangerous extremists, because they  can't possibly win when world opinion exposes the evil intentions of their radicalism.  

All who value freedom are French citizens today.

Although American news media has largely ignored rising Islamic tensions in Europe, this attack on Freedom of Speech may have finally drawn their attention.