Uncle of suspected Boston bombers says exactly the right thing at exactly the right moment

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I want Ruslan Tsarni to run for office or something. I can’t ever remember someone of such humble roots emerging from complete obscurity to stand in front of the national media, speaking live to the nation, and speaking with such clarity, forcefulness and conviction. The uncle of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnayev, the two prime suspects in the Boston bombings declared in no uncertain terms: “Of course we are ashamed!” These two young men, his nephews, are “losers” who come from a loser family that was unable to assimilate after receiving asylum in this country sometime around 2005-2006. Tsarni’s brother, the father of the bombers, apparently couldn’t find a job. Nor could the boys. Whatever the cause of their bitterness, they apparently chose to lash out at America, the country that hosted them and gave them shelter from the many troubles facing their homeland, including a radical Islamist separatist movement that opposes Chechnya’s absorption into Russia. Instead of being grateful to America for the opportunities this country offered them, they apparently chose to explode bombs and kill innocents who had nothing to do with the two young men’s problems. Ruslan Tsarni has an amazing economy and facility with words. In the very short time he stood before reporters, he stated the feelings of people who resent what they know is coming: the tarnishing of an entire ethnicity’s reputation by the acts of two deranged individuals, and the further tarnishing of the Islamic religion by two people confused about how to express their religious devotion. Tsarni made absolutely clear: They don’t represent Chechens. They don’t represent Islam. “Turn yourself in,” Tsarni shouted to his nephew, wherever he is hiding. And apologize and ask forgiveness for what you have done. Tsarni recalled his own feelings of shock upon learning that an 8-year-old boy, a Chinese student and a 29-year-old young lady known had their lives wiped out by the bombers. He expressed condolences. And then to learn that the bombers apparently were his own nephews, “the children of my own brother,” was the biggest shock. The anger and hurt on Tsarni’s face was unmistakable. Wow. I wanted to hug him. He said exactly the right things at exactly the right moment. Let’s hope his nephew, Dzhokhar Tsarnayev, was listening.