Suicide bombers

Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan and, recently, Paris and Brussels all have one thing in common: suicide bombers.

The total failure of political institutions in the Arab world because of more than a decade of their cities’ destruction and a foreign military occupation have created a desperate attempt for retribution by people blowing themselves up and trying to kill as many civilians as possible.

Are we next? I hope not, because nobody has a clue on how to stop it, especially our anointed leaders.

This story was originally published March 28, 2016 at 7:23 PM with the headline "Suicide bombers."