Posted on 07/07/2005 2:20:43 PM PDT by smoothsailing
It seems to be a little late for the Brits. The camel is already in the tent. We need to go on a camel hunt in this country. And close the tent.
I hope he is right, but I am not convinced that the Brits are better than Spain when it comes to appeasement anymore (excepting Blair).
"Last week Britain celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, which turned the tide against Napoleon's totalitarian project."
Except that, in order not to offend the sensibilities of the losers of that battle, the two fleets were designated "red" and "blue".
Britain had better manage a more robust (and potentially offensive to islamofascist sensibilities) response to this bombing, or they won't be Britain much longer.
The more I look at it the more I see that Ferdinand and Isabella had the right idea around 1492.
However, with a Labour government, my hopes aren't high for him to do that.....
Are spaniards aware that they have become the universal symbol of appeasement/submission to terrorists? How do they feel about it if they do know?
On what legal grounds? It would be quite difficult to deport legal immigrants who have not violated any law and profess to be loyal.
"Are spaniards aware that they have become the universal symbol of appeasement/submission to terrorists?"
Are you aware how many terrorists suspected of being involved in the Madrid bombings have been arrested by Spain, and that Spanish soldiers continue operations against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan? Strange definition of surrender you have.
"It seems to be a little late for the Brits. The camel is already in the tent. We need to go on a camel hunt in this country. And close the tent."
Absolutely, Europe has a HUGE islamic problem. They won't be able to do anything about terrorism until they get their domestic muslim populations under control.
That means cracking down on immigration (especially muslim immigration) and travel, and keep close tabs on existing muslim communities.
I think the US's biggest advantage over Europe concerning terrorism is that we have a small muslim population that is easy to keep tabs on. However, muslims can come in from the mexican border, which is our achilles heel, much like the west bank was Israels achilles heel before they put up the security fence.
"Are you aware how many terrorists suspected of being involved in the Madrid bombings have been arrested by Spain"
I don't judge an anti-terror policy by how many suspects are arrested after the fact.
"and that Spanish soldiers continue operations against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan?"
They fled unconditionally from Iraq. I don't give them much respect for sticking around when it is politically popular to do so.
"Strange definition of surrender you have."
No. The Spanish voters did EXACTLY what Al Qaeda told them to do just days after the bombing. They allowed the terrorists to choose their next government. That's complete submission in my book.
It's all irrelevant. If America goes down all the Euros will go down in short order. It boggles my mind that these tea-drinking boobs cannot see this.
London Times reporter is on Gibby on Fox right now.
Reaction of Brits, he says, is one of disdain to terrorists. Brits are asking "is this the best you can do?"
Love Tony Blair! Love the Brits!
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" I don't judge an anti-terror policy by how many suspects are arrested after the fact."
How would you judge it?
"The Spanish voters did EXACTLY what Al Qaeda told them to do just days after the bombing. They allowed the terrorists to choose their next government."
I doubt Al Qaeda wanted them to continue to hunt their leaders. Over here, we have a long experience of dealing with domestic terrorism, as do the Spanish, and todays events will not in any way deflect from dealing with that.
They made the decision to send Columbus towards the West. :) :)
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