And its over, well sort of.

What a horrible week for the USA, the bombings and then the fertilizer plant going postal.

It was good to see how steady and assured law enforcement were, and how quickly they had identified the individuals responsible.  Then without fear they hunted them down, one died in a hail of bullets taking others with him and the second was captured alive today, although he was also injured.

In a world where everyone is a potential terrorist, narrowing the events down and finding these men was a mammoth task, but it was done with quiet assurance.  The USA has learnt a lot since September 11th.  But even more important was the reaction of the people.  They were not scared they did not hide in terror.  They took to the streets today chanting USA USA.  They know as we all do, that standing together creates a strength that no terrorist can break.

Now onto the other disaster for the USA this week, the explosion at the fertilizer plant.  It must have been horrible knowing that so many people had died.  Even worse knowing that it could have been prevented.  Fertilizer is a potent explosive when on fire, there have been a couple of occasions in the USA in the past where cities have been devastated by such explosions.  We should also not forget that the Oklahoma bombings used fertilizer as the primary explosive.

I feel deeply for those families that have lost people in both events this week.  To the family of the police officer gunned down in the line of duty, I hope you can find peace in the fact that he gave as good as he got and in the end those responsible will pay for his loss.  I know it will never bring him back, but his loss was not in vane.

Hard week all around, justice will prevail and all those responsible will pay.  To quote a great american President Ronald Regan.  ".... you can run but you cant hide,  they counted on america to be passive, they counted wrong".


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