"What is so regrettable after this trial is that Theo has been murdered by such a loser, such an incoherent person. Murder or manslaughter is always a terrible thing but to be killed by such a figure makes it especially hard"
Don't go asking Mrs. Van Gogh about root causes. Her statement more than any other that I've read over the past few months underlines the deep chasm between Western liberal democracies and the jihadist death cults that seek to destroy them.