Here’s what British Prime Minister Tony Blair said regarding the incident in London this morning:
I think all I would like to say is this: we know why these things are done. They are done to scare people and to frighten them, to make them anxious and worried. Fortunately in this instance there appear to have been no casualties.
If this was the perpetrator’s intent, they are getting an assist from TV news. Granted, whatever happened this morning was a big news story, and it could have been much deadlier than it turn out to be. But ultimately only one person was injured. So I’m not sure it warranted hours of breathless we-don’t-really-have-much-to-say-but-we’ll-keep-talking-anyway coverage.
I’ve been Anxious and Worried since George W. Bush ‘won’ the 2000 election. The more I learn, the more I understand that America hasn’t been living up to her ideals all along. Still, we did move in the right direction over time, mostly. No longer. We’ve reversed course and I’m more anxious and worried.