July 07, 2005

London

I'm not going to try to find anything positive about today's barbaric attacks. Some might say that this raises awareness in Europe of the danger, or changes the political dynamic around Guantanamo, but I think the people who were going to "get it" got it a long time ago. Even minds do change, the tragedy dwarfs everything.

This is the worst bombing in London since the Blitz. Those attacks, and subsequent attempts in other wars to break the will of a country with targeted civilian killings, were terrible failures. Terrorism is a losing strategy by losers, and so the question is not whether we will win, but at what cost. The greater our will, the firmer our resolve, the more effective we will be. I am amazed it has been four years since 9/11, when most of us expected a "new reality" with attacks like this monthly. Instead, they have been closer to yearly. I do believe the credit for this goes to the resolve of Blair and Bush.

Posted by David at July 7, 2005 10:55 AM | TrackBack
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How about Mayor Livingstone from London? Great response to this horrible act. It's so frustrating to see those cowardly bastards do this, but they will NOT get away with it. Livingstone is right. They will fail!

Posted by: Tim at July 7, 2005 12:51 PM

I love the stoicism of the general British response. There's a bunch here, but my favorite, from someone who was in both the Blitz and the recent bombing, is "I've been blown up by a better class of bastard than this."

Posted by: Monty at July 9, 2005 09:08 AM

Let's not forget that many American's supported the I.R.A. over a 30 year period with moral support, financial aid and even with guns. The American legal system kept escaped bombers on the run in this country for years as they fought extradition. This is similar to how some in Iraq supported (in particular, Saddam) the suicide bombers in Israel.

Talk about living in glass houses!

Posted by: Tony Martin at July 11, 2005 11:24 PM

London blast is a big tragedy not in london it hurts all over the world.

Posted by: Sonu at July 28, 2005 01:16 AM
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