Cause and Effect – The London Bombing – Not a Surprise

I am so sorry that so many people had to die in London yesterday. The fact however that they died as a consequence of the insensitivity of their leader is even more painful. While I condemn in totality the murder of innocent people by so-called Islamic Fundamentalists, the fact remains that the leadership of the UK and the USA have brought this monster home – away from its usual hideaways in Middle-east and the fringes of Africa and Asia – right to their own very doorsteps.

The day Tony Blair threw caution to the wind and almost single-handedly forced Britain into joining Bush’s stupid war on Iraq, I knew that this day was going to come. The bad news is that, I don’t think it’s going to stop with just this one attack. There will be reprisals and counter-reprisals. Blair and Bush have opened a Pandora’s box, the contents of which will haunt the peoples of the UK, the USA and their allies for a long time. My hope is that this "War on Terror" will not escalate into a global face-off between Islam and The West.