The Bombs in Boston Send a Clear Message - We Are Not Safe.

Bomb Blast at the Boston Marathon

The bombs in Boston that turned a celebration into a tragedy should give pause to every American to realize that we are not safe. Despite our intelligence community managing to foil more potential attacks than we know, the fact remains we are vulnerable to those that want to kill us. 

The sorry excuse of a human being(s) responsible for killing three people and injuring (many seriously) 170 others have sent a message: "You are not safe - We can kill you." We need to wake up, as we did after the attacks in 2001 that have become to be known simply as "9/1."

Unfortunately, since there have been no similar attacks on the American mainland since then, we have become too complacent. Security measures in certain venues have loosened up over the years. They need to be re-tightened. 

We pray for the victims and their families, we mourn those who pay the ultimate price. Always, there seems to be those who stand out. The Boston tragedy is no different.

Eight year old Martin Richard was with his parents and

Martin Richard

sister, making a day of it at the Boston Marathon. They were near the grandstand  at the finish line of the race when one of the explosions occurred. Martin's mother and sister were both critically injured in the blast. Martin's mother underwent brain surgery Monday night and his sister, age 6, lost a leg in the blast. Martin lost his life.

And with these tragedies come the heroes. Over the coming days we will hear the the stories many  who risked there own lives to help others. One of those was Carlos Arredondo

known as the "Man in the Hat"
Carlos Arredondo

came to the Boston Marathon to honor his Marine son who was killed in Iraq. When the bombs exploded he turned his grief into helping those who needed it most. Read More: Race Spectator Turns hero



We don't know yet whether this is attack is domestic or foreign. Either way, it was an act of terrorism. There are those in the national spotlight who waffle on calling this an act of terror, saying it's terror if it has political overtones, it's not if it was perpetrated by some lone lunatic. I'm sorry, but any incident that puts people in fear or in harms way is terrorizing. 

President Obama, in statements about the attack, did not use the word terror. Remember that Mr. Obama, years ago in his first term, did away with the term "War on Terror." In the Benghazi, Libya Consulate attack, the president referred to the incident as caused by Islamic extremists and not an act of terror. In the Ft. Hood shooting, where the shooter was an Army Major sympathetic to Islamic jihad, the administration is calling it an act of "workplace violence," not terrorism. It's for Americans to wake up...we are not safe, and it's time for the president to wake up...we are in a War on Terrorism.

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