Nothing justifies killing of innocent people.
— Tony Blair, CNN, 15th January 2015
Perhaps the attack which killed seven and injured forty-eight, twenty-one critically, on a balmy Saturday evening on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market, a popular area of cafes, bars and restaurants, could be described in one word: “blowback.”
The lesson could not be starker. In December last year, after the Berlin Christmas lorry attack, a contributor on an ISIS forum called for more attacks with the comment: “Muslim countries will not be the only ones that are sad.”
After the attack on a concert in Manchester two weeks before London Bridge, killing twenty-three, injuring one hundred and nineteen, twenty-three critically, Islamic State responded that it was a response to Britain’s: “transgressions against the lands of the Muslims” and a victory against “the Crusaders.”
Bush and Blair, please note.
As US and British bombs drop and allied soldiers slaughter, year after year, decade after decade, in majority Muslim countries, it is, as in London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Nice, the innocent going about daily business, enjoying an evening meal, celebration or sports event who pay the ultimate, heartbreaking price. In Iraq and other countries under “allied” assault it is also those called “insurgents” who are, in fact, simply nationals who want their country, illegally invaded or attacked, back.
“2017 will be the year of the massacre” was…