The Boston Bombings

Once again a tragedy has shocked the globe, an attack has been made onto an international race, the Boston marathon. How people can justify not only an attack on such an event but the brutal murder of their fellow human beings is beyond me. The final figures for this bombing is tallied as such: 3 dead and over 170 injured. The three dead being 8 year old Martin Richard, 29 year old Krystle Campbell and 23 year old Lu Lingzi.

People, being the paranoid species that we are, have already developed several conspiracy theories concerning the nature of the bombing and who caused it. The first and foremost being that this was a staged terrorist attack formed by the navy. Apparently pictures released by the FBI show navy personnel wearing backpacks similar to those used as explosives. Now there several things that make this theory plausible and of course several that make it unlikely. I personally think that this was too unsuccessful an attack to be considered a terrorist attack, only three people were killed and although this is horrific, by terrorist standards its not significant damage. In addition it was not a particularly professional attack, there were two bomb sites and the second bomb (in the first aid tent) never went off. And of course of the two suspects that they have, one has been killed and the other seriously injured to the point of inability to speak.

The other side of it is that I can imagine the navy leaders organising something like this but how would they get their soldiers to comply with such an order.and what would have been the purpose of such an attack? If it was meant to coincide with North Koreas threats against the world then why would Russia have been blamed. Once again the attack was unorganised and the two brothers that were suspected reacted pretty extremely to the arrests. More bombs were set off and bullets went flying.

All in all I would imagine that the two brothers were responsible, maybe trying to impress a terrorist group, maybe acting as individuals. Although ploys by the navy are never clear I don't think there is enough reason to justify a staged attack against the nations. This was just one more tragedy created by peoples who for reasons unknown felt the need to kill innocents. My heart goes out to those affected and hope for a day where we will no longer have to worry about heartless attacks such as these.