Posted on 07/03/2017 11:11:49 AM PDT by Twotone
Occasionally, in the wake of a terror attack somewhere in the western world, I'll find myself in a TV studio where highly intelligent experts are arguing that this is why we need to hit Raqaa right now, or institute even more extreme vetting, or get better cooperation between our 473 police and intelligence and counter-terrorism agencies, or devote more resources to anti-extremism outreach programs, or install bollards up and down the land until every bollard is itself ring-fenced with bollards, which appears to be the plan Malcolm Turnbull is implementing in Australia, bollards upon bollards upon bollards...
All of which has far less to do with what's happening than the remorseless expansion of the lavish comfort zones throughout the west in which the terrorists live - and in which the visions that animate them spread as easily as zebra mussels on a Great Lake.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Another great essay from one of the best!
I love me some Steyn.
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