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Jewish World Review Apr. 18, 2013/ 8 Iyar, 5773 Bombed in Boston By Cal Thomas
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | President Obama rightly asked us not to "jump to conclusions" about motives or responsibility for the two bombs that exploded Monday at the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 170. That request was pre-emptively ignored. Some couldn't wait to project their biases and political agendas on this latest act of terror. In a tweet Monday, Blogger Sargent_Rock, responding to Wednesday's lead story in The People ought to be held accountable for their actions, whether they misuse a gun or build a pressure cooker bomb that randomly kills innocent people watching a marathon. Given the times, the first reaction for some people to such incidents is to suspect Islamic terrorism. Authorities say that "a person of interest," a 20-year-old student from
Politics aside, whoever did it and for whatever reason, numerous questions will and should be asked. Among those questions: Were the bombs placed in trash cans near the finish line? In the aftermath of 9/11, trash cans were removed from airports as a security precaution. Should the same be done at large gatherings? Should people be told to collect their own trash and dispose of it at home, or in receptacles outside the venue? Would more cameras in
Authorities in Someone knows the perpetrator(s). Unless this was a perfect crime with all involved pledged to silence, someone has valuable information. And we shouldn't have to offer a reward to get it. Mimicking what happened after 9/11, an envelope addressed to Sen. Pressure cookers and poisoned letters are relatively simple ways to gain international attention for whatever grievance or cause one might wish to publicize. No level of security can protect everyone from everything all the time, but could more have been done to prevent the People who know nothing about the investigation, but still blame conservatives for domestic terrorism, should consider the group lionized in the film "The Company You Keep." The left-wing Weather Underground bombed buildings and killed people as a protest against the U.S. government and the Vietnam War. Terrorists don't discriminate. They kill people of all political stripes. Just as Americans pulled together 12 years ago, pundits would do well to refrain from trying to blame the right wing and pull together with other Americans now. As the president said, "...on days like this there are no Republicans or Democrats -- we are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens."
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JWR contributor Cal Thomas is co-author with Bob Beckel, a liberal Democratic Party strategist, of "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America". Comment by clicking here.
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