My sympathies to London

The BBC says, as of now, that there have been 37 confirmed deaths in London: 35 from the subway explosions and two from a double-decker bus exploding. That's a major bummer, and my sympathies truly are with those involved and the whole of London.

We - we being the US - are probably a substantial part of why this happened to you and for that, I can only apologize and assure you that some of us here, too, are looking for true justice, not faux and illegal wars.

It's surreal how fast things change. This morning's edition of the Philly Inquirer showed a picture of Londoners rejoicing, overjoyed that their city had just beat Paris for the 2012 Olympic bid. I'd already heard about the bombings on radio, though, by the time I got to the paper. Tomorrow's headline will no doubt also be centered around London, but they'll be tragically different. Like that, the world changes drastically.