Bono and Love in a Time of Terror
There's much to be said for love, but watch out when it's a
moralizing rock star doing the talking -- and the subject is not
romance, but matters of life and death in a time of accelerating jihadi
slaughter.In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocity in Nice -- which ISIS has claimed for its own -- the headlines now include reports that Bono, lead singer of the U2 rock band, was dining on the terrace of La Petite Maison restaurant, about half a mile from the Nice seafront Promenade des Anglais, when Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a truck for more than a mile through the festive Bastille Day crowd, wounding more than 200 people and killing 84, including 10 children.
Armed counter-terrorism police "rescued" Bono, along with a number of other celebrities, including Elton John and a former mayor of Nice, who were also dining at the restaurant.
The next day, U2 put out a tweet, ...
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