There really isn’t all that much that I can add to the discussion of today’s terrorists’ bombings in London, except to say that it does appear to be the work of madmen.

Or those, at least, lacking the baseline rationality that I assume (yeah, I’m not two [sic] bright…) exists throughout the world.

Yet at the same time, it was no surprise. We are so wired on the War on Terror and taking off shoes/pants at airports, surrendering our nail clippers at same and watching the rainbow turn into a nationwide terror alert system (currently at Orange, for “I’m scared shitless, but I still have a change of underwear”) that we expect the other shoe to drop.

I just don’t know. *sigh*

To me, Billmon put it all in context:

You knew it was coming even if you didn’t know where it would hit. And while the shock isn’t as great as 9/11 (how could it be?) the feeling of being trapped in a nightmare that just won’t end is even stronger now. Because you knew.

[snip]

The same old nightmare, in other words, this time with an English address. And the same sinking feeling as before. Because you know it will happen again, even if you don’t know where.

— London Calling, Billmon.org