Even as a supporter of such bombing attacks in asymmetric warfare (and USA is at war with many) I don't see the marathon as a good target to bomb. There are many international participants from nations potentially friendly to bombers who might get killed or injured as a result. There are better and just as easy targets that could win both support of population and strategic military victory when bombed. Federal government buildings, military bases or companies supplying military, political organizations opposing the bombers, the list goes on and on. Bombing of sporting event makes no sense to me.
Good point. Killing random people doesn't do much good (but it does work in America's favor so they can pull more terrorist bullshit out of their ass.) Why is it that the military is never under fire over here? You'd figure, if anything, you'd want to do some damage to this 500+ billion dollar military. Naw, let's just target a parade instead, because that'll show those darn evil Americans! This had to have been staged. You don't simply insert bombs in a random location, completely undetected, and then "get caught".