Poorly Written, Knee-Jerk Reaction to London Terrorist Attack

I'm not even going to try to predict how the London terrorist attack will affect everything. However, I will reiterate what many of us have been saying for years: if you want to go after terrorists, Mr. President and Mr. Prime Minister, go after terrorists, and don't let imperialism color your actions. Protect citizens, not corporate interests. Protect peace and cooperation and understanding, don't encourage violence. You want to attack someone with your military might? Attack the people who perpetrate actions like this one, not citizens and not scapegoats. Right-wing idealogues will use this incident as an opportunity to extol the virtues of our President, noting how this hasn't happened here. I know none of the neocons are reading this, but I would please ask that you do not minimize the feelings of the Brits and not flaunt American superiority. Am I glad this hasn't happened here? Yes. Am I surprised that it hasn't happened here? Yes. And finally, to end this stream-of-consciousness rant, I'm not minimizing the feelings of the Brits, either, when I say that this terrorist action doesn't preclude me or anyone from continuing to criticize how our respective governments are behaving. If anything, it makes me even more impassioned.

Sidenote: From this BoingBoing post, UK television is soliciting cameraphone and videophone clips. We're turning into gargoyles.