Bring On The Next Marathon -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Looking at scenes of the Boston sidewalk a few hours after Monday’s bombing — torn clothing, bloodstains, shards of glass — I found my mind going back to a similar sidewalk in Tel Aviv in September 2003. A Hamas suicide bomber had blown himself up at a bus stop outside the Tsrifin army base, and by coincidence I was nearby and got there to witness the immediate aftermath. As I wrote then, parts of the bomber were still on the street, including his hairy leg. His shoe had been blown off, but his brown sock was still daintily on his foot. Israeli rescue workers calmly carried away the dead on stretchers, with an odd mix of horror and routine. But what I remember most was something the police spokesman said to me: “We will have this whole area cleaned up in two hours. By morning, the bus stop will be repaired. You will never know this happened.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Coming to terms with terror -- L.A. Times editorial
We're safer than we think -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
Rewarding Terror Against Israel While Denouncing It Elsewhere -- Evelyn Gordon, Commentary
Jihadists thrive in Syria’s chaos -- Mona Alami, The Daily Star
Ms. Suu Kyi visits Japan -- Japan Times editorial
China and its North Korea problem -- David Curtis Wright, The Globe and Mail
The North Korea conundrum -- L.A. Times editorial
Australia is now a pawn in US-China power plays -- Hugh White, Canberra Times
Chinese Investment in Europe Hits Record High -- Claus Hecking, Spiegel Online
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Just one year into François Hollande's presidency, he's on the ropes and praying for a miracle. -- Eric Pape, Foreign Policy
How Europe's Crisis Countries Hide their Wealth -- Spiegel Staff Online
Is Germany really the poorest eurozone country? Not really, no. -- Alex Hern, New Statesman
Alexei Navalny's Day in Court: Putin’s Nemesis Faces the State’s Legal Wrath -- Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs
Venezuela's opposition leader gains new political clout -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Mexico's vigilante law enforcers -- Linda Pressly BBC News
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