Boston explosions highlight a frightening new reality

Think about it: We are a nation that is regularly bombing others, and often killing many civilians. As the Council on Foreign Relations noted, that is bound to generate retributive violence. We are also a heavily armed nation whose political and entertainment media is filled with apocalyptic rhetoric and rogue-celebrating story lines that glorify violence. In that sense, it is amazing (and incredibly fortunate) that there haven’t been more mass terrorism events in America.

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