You know, the thing that was real hard for me to deal with today was some of the questions my kids were asking me. Its pretty hard to put a face on this kind of thing so that a 9 and a 12 year old can really understand it. I grew up knowing from about age 4 or 5 that the USSR could and someday would try and blow up the world. It took a couple of decades but all that pretty much is behind us.. So when they show a picture of this little ***** sitting on a rock with a beard and a rag around his head... Its hard for my kids to understand how this person can be the one who did all this.

My point here is have a talk with your kids. They have been bombarded with this thing and can't figure out how or why this happened.. I suspect there will be a whole lotta news here in the next few days.. and none of its going to be pretty