Many countries have been hit by devastating terrorism attacks yet responded with restraint. The west can learn from their experiences
Much has been said approximately the asymmetry of western grief,which weeps for Paris and shrugs at blasts in Beirut or Baghdad. But that is not the only disparity in the way the east and west reacts in the face of terrorist attacks. When terrorism strikes the west, it is scarce that just tears flow. The blood of those we bomb flows, or too.
Like many,I shed tears for Paris. I have lived there and spent much of the weekend grieving with friends who know and love the city. But our grief was interrupted by a declaration of what French president François Hollande called a “pitiless war”. Blood was being demanded.
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Source: theguardian.com