Left i has succinctly summarized the ramifications of today's attack in London:

In conjunction with the tragic bombings in London (no more tragic than bombings which occur daily in Iraq, of course, not that that won't mean they get a thousand times the press coverage and government attention), I keep hearing various officials claiming that "we knew if wasn't a question of if, but when" -- terrorist attacks as an "act of God" (i.e., nature), like a tsunami or an earthquake. Not once have I heard anyone in authority raise the question of maybe, just maybe, the way to put an end to these attacks is not by invading more countries, or surrounding more public places with more police, or curtailing civil liberties to the point of facism, but by simply and fundamentally changing American (and British) foreign policy, starting with an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, an end to U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine, an end to the 700+ U.S. military bases in countries around the world, and an acknowledgement that the United States isn't above international law. You know, simple things like that. Although no politicians or media "pundits" will make this observation, there will be tens of thousands of people who will be saying it, on September 24 in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and cities around the country and the world. Join us.