We cannot rely forever on the incompetence of our enemies but we should enjoy it while it lasts. The bucket bomb on a London tube this morning was undoubtedly intended to kill and maim as many people as possible. Shocking and frightening though the experience of the tube passengers must have been, it could have been very much worse. Today’s assault looks reminiscent of one 12 years ago, shortly after the horribly successful tube bombings of 7/7, when another attempt was made to bomb London using homemade explosives packed into buckets. That’s no reason to give up, but it calls for a realism about the outcome of our efforts.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2017 18:00 UTC