The brutal murder of a British soldier in London doesn't seem to be that much of a "terror attack"; instead, based on the attackers behaviour, it seems to be a callous "15 minutes of fame" attack, whose perpetrators pay for their 15 minutes of fame with at least 25-30 years in prison - and the British public may pay for it with loss of more civil liberties.

One could say that the attack was the result of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Mali, but none of these wars was directly mentioned, just a vague "Arabic country" where Cameron has sent troops. This could be an attack inspired by the bombing in Boston, USA, but the feeling I get is that the political motive in this case is there just to give a fig leaf of a justification in the attackers own eyes' and - quite possibly - to give the attack a higher profile.

Similar brutal attacks in recent years without a political motive - with samurai swords in churchyard, for example - tend to disappear quickly, presented as weird or freak news with the attacker rarely getting widespread publicity. But add a political motive and you get your 15 minutes of a fame with picture and name spread around the globe.