The last time I had a chance to look the BBC was reporting a death toll of 37 with more than 700 wounded from today’s bombings. They also reported:
US President George Bush told reporters at the G8 Summit in Gleneagles that “the war on terror goes on.”
– London bombings toll rises to 37
Is it possible that Dubya is that insensitive? That he’d go hawkish immediately? I couldn’t believe it when I read it, and then I heard his statement on NPR. Possibly they edited it, but I doubt it. He needs to spend more time in the UK so he can learn the difference between posturing and stubborn determination, like the London cabby they interviewed who said, essentially, that the only change he could see was that he’d be more observant and that London would survive this and people would come out stronger.
Don’t you just love the Brits?
And my mother e-mailed me an interesting question today: How is giving Metro Transit Police automatic weapons going to stop a bombing in the subway [in DC]?
It’s not. It’s the illusion of security, and like all good illusions (the guardrail on the side of the road, the annual checkup, Christian charity) it only holds up for so long.
Today as I walk home I’ll wish for a more peaceful world where everyone can just live their lives doing no harm to others. Maybe if I wish hard enough it’ll come true.