Repeat Performance

Earlier today London was again targeted, two weeks on, in the same fashion of attack as occured on the 7th of July. Three subway trains and a bus were targeted by explosives. This round, the explosives were exceedingly minor- early reports indicated very few injuries and, apart from the inconvenience of the station closures and a ramp-up of security forces on the streets, only minor interruptions of daily life.

It has been, in a way, a shadow attack- the same circumstances, the same concept. The bombs were so small that the impression they made is one of a haunting, a ghostly reminder of the capability to strike rather than the actual, brutal, violent strike that could have been. It was baring of teeth. Are you affected? The British are strongwilled and determined, and they have stelled themselves against this physical attack.

But we must realize that this attack doesn't appear to have been aimed at physicality- it is all about resolve and emotional impact. It is a reminder of fear, it, in itself, is not particularly fearful.

Sad. But determination will prevail in these instances.