Ronald Reagan actually said...

That's why here in America we must remain a bastion of free men and women working together toward a brighter future.

The brutality of this act should not be compounded through silence or the cynical distortion of the evidence now at hand.

And what are we to make of a regime which establishes one set of standards for itself and another for the rest of humankind?

What can be the scope of legitimate and mutual discourse with a state whose values permit such atrocities?