ritten within an hour of the blasts and bombings in London's "tube" (subway) system and aboard a double-decker bus. Written in haste and anger. Damn the bastards. We don't know who perpetrated the crimes against thoroughly innocent people. The death toll is mounting and so are the ranks of the injured. At this moment it appears that half-a-hundred have been slaughtered and something like 700 have been wounded. A group has already proclaimed their association with Bin Laden and their responsibility for their actions.
Were they suicide bombers seeking revenge, for what? Most of the previous attacks by Muslim extremists in England have been conducted by British citizens. (Which means, of course, they can travel to this country without a visa). Or did they just place the bombs and leave the scene to be able to enjoy the fruits of their atrocities and to prepare for more. In a City that large and that crowded it would be nigh impossible to stop the determined terrorist. But, I wonder how many have been apprehended by the most alert British authorities. They have had experience, gained through the years of Irish Republican Army attacks but a few years ago. Already this has been portrayed as the worst terrorist attack since World War 2. As they did then, so they appear to be doing now - responding quietly and without panic.
Just one day after the joy and pride that nation felt, being awarded the 2012 Olympic Games, comes this atrocious bombardment.
The G8 summit, hosted by Tony Blair, was to have got underway today with the theme, in large measure, poverty in Africa. The meeting continues. Civilization wins out in the end.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to the grieving and suffering.
If there is a heaven...then there may well be a hell. The perpetrators of these crimes will not get to heaven.