An alleged terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device on a St. Petersburg subway train Monday, killing eleven people and wounding at least 50 more — after which Russian authorities discovered and defused an additional deadly apparatus at a second metro location, likely preventing further carnage.
And while American corporate press published obligatory, cursory rundowns of the incident, notably absent in coverage — as well as on social media — were the typical trite, if maudlin, demands to fight the War on Terror a little bit harder.
Because solidarity. One would think.
When, just last month, a maniac attacker plowed his vehicle into a London crowd, killing three, then rammed the gates of British Parliament and stabbed to death a police officer, a tidal wave of condolences and calls for revived unity against ever-nebulous terrorism flooded England from every corner of the globe.
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And while American corporate press published obligatory, cursory rundowns of the incident, notably absent in coverage — as well as on social media — were the typical trite, if maudlin, demands to fight the War on Terror a little bit harder.
Because solidarity. One would think.
When, just last month, a maniac attacker plowed his vehicle into a London crowd, killing three, then rammed the gates of British Parliament and stabbed to death a police officer, a tidal wave of condolences and calls for revived unity against ever-nebulous terrorism flooded England from every corner of the globe.
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