Russia's Terror Attacks Don't Mean We Should Treat Mass Transit Like Airports

Volgograd, Russia, was rocked this week by two bombings that killed more than 30 people. The first bombing was at the city's central train station; the second was on a city trolley during Monday morning rush hour. Officials in Russia suspect the bombings are the work of the Caucasus Emirate, a group of Chechen separatists who have pledged to disrupt the Winter Olympics at Sochi however they can.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Sochi is secure and the Olympics will go ahead as planned, but is it really possible to guarantee safety after Volgograd? The latter city suffered its first suicide bombing of 2013 back in October. A young woman from Dagestan exploded a bomb on a public bus, killing six and injuring at least 30 others. Last year, a trio of Islamic terrorists in Bulgaria detonated a bomb next to a bus carrying Jewish tourists, killing six and injuring more than 30.