Sorry if I sound like a stuffy legalist, but I am really not particularly happy about the thought of doing nothing until the next 9/11 or 7/7 happens just because sleazy politicians use the fact of terrorism for propaganda, Obviously I don't support a "war on terror," I have said from the beginning that this should be treated as criminal activity. Seems to be that so far the Brits are handling this one about right.
As for Doug on the timing -- don't you think bin Laden et al. _want_ Bush, Blair, and their militaristic friends to win? Their wars are the greatest recruiting tools the al Qaida and its associate groups have, and democratic ideals hated throughout the Muslim world. If I were an Islamist planning a terrorist attack, this is exactly when I'd plan it -- to give Bush and Blair the biggest boost I could.
--- Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: andie nachgeborenen
> <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> >
> >If it's true they were going to blow up planes, is
> it
> >a bad thing they were arrested?
>
> Get real, I entreat you. Bush, Blair and their
> minions have -- or should
> have -- zero credibility. The War on Terror was a
> lunatic notion from the
> get-go, and the whole cockamamie enterprise has been
> turbocharged by
> politics throughout. It's possible this was a real
> threat; it seems more
> likely it was terrorist vaporware. The UK's Komical
> Konstables have an
> impressive record of conjuring up false positives on
> the security front.
>
> In short, I think this whole recent RED ALERT reeks.
> At this late date, I
> have no intention of giving the US or UK government
> the benefit of any doubt
> on any subject whatsoever.
>
> Carl
>
>
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