1. My thoughts are, how could anyone do this to their own country? Their own people? I mean even if people were giving you a hard time, you don't go and kill 13 people and injure another 30. From reading the article it seems as if he wasn't very social. It was hard for him to make friends, and he didn't have a girlfriend.

2. I think that maybe race had something to do with it, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that it was an act of terrorism. Sure there was some harassment towards him and his race. But personally I don't think that it was an act of terrorism because you would have to say that acts of terrorism happen a lot in Waterloo with gangs... I think that gangs piss other gangs off and then they shoot, I think its just frustration and unfortunately this is how he got rid of it.

3. Racism played a big role in this shooting because his aunt says that after 9/11 people would give him crap because of his race, and it would make him really mad. I think that everyone pointing him out on the base he got frustrated and I do think it is because of race.

4. Yes I think that a lot of Muslim Americans have the same feelings but I don't think they are as serious. I think that when they go out in public people are looking at them as they are not one of us. I think that they feel this way especially in airports, I know that when I go to an airport and I see a middle eastern man I automatically think 9/11.

5. I don't think the military could have done anything to prevent this. I think that the most they could do was prevent harassment, but then again these are grown men and they should be able to be mature by themselves. I'm sure that there was some little things that could help to prevent it but I do not think that this situation could be prevented as a whole. I don't think that there were signs that this man would do something like this, if their was I'm sure the military would have seen it and done something about it.

6. She had the ability to go up to him and stop him. Even though she was shot three times she still did what she was determined to do. I don't think that I would go towards the gunman, I would run and try to get out of there to prevent getting myself shot.

7. It says a lot, I think that most Americans think that just becuase they commited this act against our country in 2001 they are all bad. But I think that they think America is really against them, but really we were just against what a group of people did. Every time something like this happens its going to be a big deal just because the person who opened fire is museum.