terror attack in Russia

Headline:

60 Killed, 145 Injured in Attack at Russian Concert Hall; ISIS Claims Responsibility
Several assailants opened fire on concertgoers in Moscow in one of the worst attacks in Russia in decades.

More than 60 people are dead and 145 wounded following a terror attack in Russia. Several attackers opened fire in a crowded concert hall in Moscow on Friday and triggered an unknown number of explosives.

The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Russian security services are still responding to the incident and have reported multiple deaths.

Russia’s foreign ministry described the rampage as a “bloody terrorist attack”.

“The entire world community is obliged to condemn this monstrous crime,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “All efforts are being thrown at saving people.”

This is going to sound horrible, but I keep thinking that, for terrorists to truly be effective in America, they have to do something like this, but their specific acts of terror need to be uploaded (with clear sound and video) and shown to the public. Grab some big celebrities—actors, businessmen, journalists—and video them being tortured and killed. Such an act would horrify the nation, and by televising it all, the victims of terror can't be reduced to mere statistics (as the title of the above article did). The victims would have names and faces.

If we think more geopolitically, it's often the case that terrorists generally strike when and where they sense weakness. Could this be a side effect of Russia's efforts in Ukraine? Resources are being poured into that military effort, and even if the Russians are winning in Ukraine, the victories have been costly, so it'd make sense for some Muslim group to think that now would be a good time to strike at the very heart of the Russian bear.

By that logic, America has been projecting decrepit weakness for over three years now. It could be that our day is coming.