35 dead (at last count) and over 200 wounded.  The attacks took place during morning rush hour in Brussels, as three ISIS or-ISIS-related gunmen opened fire at the airport in Brussels and then self-detonated via an explosive belt.

An hour later came an explosion in a Brussels subway station — Maalbeek.

The bloodshed came just four days after the dramatic arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam — the prime suspect in the Paris attacks claimed by IS — after four months on the run.

It is not known if the attacks were related.

One thing about Belgium — they do have an awful lot of radicalized Muslims going to Syria and other places, and then returning home to Belgium.  It’s a far worse problem for them than with the French or with the U.S.

Both Trump and Cruz are quick to stoke the flames of fear, with Cruz actually putting this statement out:

I’m not sure what he means, but apparently being nice to peaceful Muslims is “surrendering to the enemy”.  I guess.

And of course, Trump doesn’t want to be out-Trumped by Cruz, and makes no bones about turning this into votes.  Really.

I have proven to be far more correct about terrorism than anybody- and it’s not even close. Hopefully AZ and UT will be voting for me today!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2016

Trump flat admits that terrorism helps him, as shown in this WaPo column:

That’s pretty insidious.