Moscow Attack Highlights the Need for Secure Borders

Commentary The shocking terrorist attack that took place on March 22 near Moscow is still reverberating around the globe. Exactly who was responsible for the attack and why it happened is not completely clear. One of the many Islamist terrorist factions, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), has taken “credit” for the bloody massacre, but the details are murky. To add to the murk, the videos that have emerged show large, powerful shooters that some say stand in stark contrast to the videos showing smaller and less robust Tajik suspects confessing to being the shooters. So conspiracy theories are flying. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin seems intent on trying to blame Ukraine, but that is entirely predictable. Everything Putin says is now taken with a grain of salt by the international community. Ukraine does not appear to be connected. What is known is that Putin was warned recently by the United States that exactly such an attack was in the works, but angrily blew off the warning as American propaganda. How Russians will react to this information—or even if they will find out about it—is not known. We don’t know much more than that at this time. Hopefully the details will become clearer with the passage of time....