ordinary

the london bombing is getting the coverage it deserves, don't get me wrong. but bombings larger than this have happened several times in iraq over the past few years and gotten a small fraction of the coverage. it's worth remembering what juan cole posted this morning:

The bombings in London on Thursday underlined what absolute hell Iraqis are living through, who suffer the equivalent every other day.

when violence is common in a far off place that most americans have never been to (and those that have, mostly have been there as part of a military force), it's easy to forget that almost 5.8 million people live there and call it home. a bombing is never "ordinary" to any of its victims, no matter how many times it has happened before.