[Argh]

Well, gas prices all over the nation have more than doubled. Damn profiteering jerks!

As for the who/what/where . . . once again, we're almost 100% likely to be dealing with people who hail no nation as a home base.

The sad part about this sort of attack is that while we can(and will) find the people who did this, we'll never have just revenge, because jailing or killing a few fanatic psychopaths will never really solve the inherent problem, which is that we have no wish to go to war in the Middle East over land that's marginally useful(other than the oil). Moreover, our greatest potential enemy, Russia, has her fingers soaked with blood and lost treasure, and might go to war with us if we got really serious about clearing the muddy ground.

The world is a dangerous place, because while the concept of Empire has vanished, whilst each of the old imperial powers still continue to excercise their authority through blackmail, monetary policy, and the occasional proxy war. This attack is one of the results.

As much as I would like to join in the bloodthirsty cheering for revenge, therefore. . . I can't. We need to make some very hard choices- or just find the isolated scumbags, lock them away, and complacently wait until the next time. . .