Stop blaming ourselves for Islamic fanaticism

Dr Edward Horgan (Irish Examiner, Letters, June 30) has a disgraceful interpretation of the awful tragedy in Tunisia on Friday. 

He blames such actions by Islamic fundamentalists on Western foreign policy and military interventions in the Middle East. This is the standard, albeit childish, left-wing view.

But what is outrageous is Horgan’s snide implication that the three Irish citizens slaughtered by the killer were collateral damage because the Irish government allowed the US military to use Shannon airport as a stopover. The killer had likely never heard of Shannon airport.