We will always be there for you.
Posted on 07/07/2005 3:51:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Today’s barbaric terrorist attacks in London, which claimed at least 37 lives, are a direct assault on the Anglo-U.S. alliance, the engine of the global war on terror. An al Qaeda splinter group calling itself “the Secret Group of al-Qaeda’s Jihad in Europe” has already claimed responsibility for the multiple blasts. The motives of this organization are clear. With Britain universally acknowledged as America’s closest ally, an attack on London is no different than an attack on Washington or New York.
By striking London, al Qaeda hoped to achieve a three-pronged propaganda success. First, it planned to disrupt the Group of 8 (G-8) meeting, a symbol of the most powerful Western leaders in the world. As is already clear, that aim has failed. Second, it hopes for the ‘Spanish effect,’ to alienate the British public from its government, as was so successful in Madrid. Here, too, the terrorists are bound to fail, for they have underestimated the strength and resolve of the British people.
A third goal of the attack is to fracture the common Anglo-American partnership in Iraq by making the price of cooperation with the United States too costly to bear. Today’s cowardly bombings are closely modeled on the Madrid attacks of March 2004 and are especially aimed at forcing a British withdrawal of its 8,000 troops from Iraq. It is here yet again that the Anglo-American alliance stands as the bulwark of western civilization. An immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a cataclysmic defeat for the West and an immense victory for Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and his murderous cohorts. But it will not come to that—the ties that bind the U.S. and the UK are too strong.
The terrorists fail to understand the British bulldog tradition of rising to meet every challenge. They also fail to comprehend that when the chips are down the U.S. and UK, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, come out shooting together. This terrible atrocity will not alter these fundamental facts; rather, it will only strengthen the Anglo-American resolve.
The terrorists responsible for this outrage will not succeed in changing British policy in Iraq and in the war on terrorism. If anything, the attacks will increase the determination of the British government to stay in Iraq and likely result in an expansion of British troop levels in the country. Prime Minister Tony Blair is no Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
Britain is at War
The common Anglo-American operational response to the bombing is obvious. There must be immediate retaliation by the U.S. and UK—the war must be taken to the terrorists. Whoever has harbored, funded, aided, or abetted these terrorists must be held to account. If any state has played a role in these attacks, there must be consequences. Special forces operations, strategic air strikes, and the targeted elimination of terrorist leaders must all be on the table, in addition to a meticulous hunt for the al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in London and other major cities across Europe. No quarter should be given to those who have murdered innocent civilians. Make no mistake, this is an epic war between civilization and the barbaric forces that wish its destruction.
At Britain’s hour of need, the United States will stand shoulder to shoulder with her British allies, who are bloodied but unbowed. The terrorists’ fatal conceit is similar to that of the Kaiser, Hitler, and Stalin: underestimating the power and determination of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. This is a war that may last for decades but will ultimately be won by the two nations that stand at the forefront of defending freedom and liberty on the world stage.
We will always be there for you.
An Attack on Great Britain = an attack on America in my book.
Can anyone please tell me when the "question period" is broadcasted on the BBC? I'd like to see what the House of Commons has to say about these attacks?
Terrorists picked the wrong ally to mess with. Especially not England, when they were alone against the Nazis in 1940.
It's a large table, and everything is on it. Of this I have no doubt. We're with Ivan, you, and all your countrymen.
I'm trying to get the Union Jack to fly on my truck. I think it would look good next to Old Glory.
One of my strongest memory of 9/11 and the aftermath was the day after. I was watching TV and they were showing LIVE from London. Blair was speaking to Parlament, going thru littany of good things the USA have done and what the partnership America and England really means. It was a moving speech and many times the cry from the gallary of "Here, here!"
It's nice to know who your friends are.
To Blair and the British people, you were with us in our time. We will be there for you.
God Save the Queen & God Bless America
Well, I'm not exactly sure. Perhaps it would be like 5 am EST due to the time difference in England. Maybe MadIvan can answer this.
Britons! Stand up and strike the Islamic snake in your midst !
Now! Today! Remember this day , and strike back. No mercy !
No quarter !
Any Country that gave aid and comfort to these terrorist, must as a matter of WAR, be NUKED and made to pay a price for there involvement that no other Country in the world will want to ever again support, train, equip, or support another terrorist!
Until the world understands that this is WWIII, and stops trying to give these terrorist rights, we will never win this war. Together, every nation on the face of the earth should marshall every military option available to them to wipe out this vermon that is infesting and killing innocents around the world.
The world needs to stop pointing fingers, and take action. Preemptive strikes and assinations of these slim balls leaders will go a long way in the defeat of the terrorist!
God Bless the British people, and together we stand united against a common enemy of free people everywhere.
Amen!
Maybe we all need another St Patrick to "drive the snakes to the sea!"
Your support is appreciated. I was a Brit (still am as it happens) living in the US during the time of 9/11 and supported the american people during that horrible time. In fact, I was an american. But we can't shrink now - it's time to destroy this sub human filth. B*STARDS.
I cannot get it out of my head that this sounds as if it is some group of radical college students.
In a brief snippet from the commons today, you'll be suprised to learn George Galloway blamed the Iraq war for the outrage. Not the scum that planted bombs all over London, oh no.
George Galloway needs to pull his head out of his A$$! The US was NOT in Iraq when these cowards attacked us!
With statements like that is why these terrorist are so embolden to strike, knowling how much it works to divide a Nation against itself.
Spain cowardly pulled it's troops out of Iraq, and was attacked anyway!
George Galloway really needs to have some bumps put on his head faster than he can rub them!
“the Secret Group of al-Qaeda’s Jihad in Europe” or three Moroccans two Algerians one Tunisian an a Egyptian. The usual perps.
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