Pamela aka Atlas thinks comparisons between the twin bombings in London and Israel must be made. I am sick and tired of people telling us what we should think, how we must think and dismissing homicide bombings out of hand with the most pathetic excuses.
What we really need to do is declare War in Radical Islam as they have declared war on us. What we need to do is top calling it "a war on terror", thats like calling WWII a war on bombs or guns or missiles or whatever........say what it is.
A is A thats Aristotle's not mine.
What we really need to do is stop the Democratic party from
dominating the
American dialogue. Thereby dictating what the American
agenda is - look, this Rove thing is such a non-story, it does not
deserve my attention as well. They lost the election......enough!
Stop distracting this administration. Stop!
I say GET OUT OF THE WAY so that we can get on with the real business at hand.
Micah Halpern speaks to twin bombings this way:
Coordinated bombings in London, England. A blast in Netanya, Israel.
Dare we compare the two terrorist attacks?
Yes, we must.
Any time innocents are targeted for death by Muslim extremists we must search for both similar and dissimilar patterns. Compare and contrast. It makes us smarter, more competent to fight this uphill battle against terrorists.
The ultimate end goal of the terrorist remains the same - annihilation of the West, it remains to us, the West, their intended victims, to complicate their means, to put obstacles in the way of their modus operandi.Both in London and in Netanya, the bombers were young males, they were suicide bombers.
In Netanya, the bomber digressed from his original plan. He felt threatened, felt the eyes of security personnel trained upon him and hit the switch while still a distance away from his intended target. He murdered innocents, but fewer than he would
have had he been inside, not outside, a busy shopping area.
In London, the eyes of security cameras were open and watching, but the terrorists went about their business as planned. The bombers have all been captured on tape, and must have known that they would be, but none of the four aborted their missions because they were being observed.
In the pursuit against terrorists, technology is crucial, but it is not nearly as menacing as the human factor.
There is no way to convince the Islamic extremist bent on mass murder to mend his or her ways.
* "Hate's inevitable harvest" (Washington Times, July 3, 2005), by Professor Donald Losman. It not only vividly describes the scope, depth, causes and results of incitement, but provides ideas for stopping it as well.
The Danger That Lies in Our Midst - Walter Laqueur
The war against terrorism will not be won in our time in any case. Terrorism is the contemporary form of violent conflict, as major wars have become too costly and conflict won't disappear from the face of the earth in the foreseeable future. Terrorists cannot exist in a vacuum; they need a periphery of helpers. But politicians are reluctant to press the point by strongly admonishing Europe's Muslims to do their civic duty and cooperate in finding the terrorists. As long as it is not generally understood that restrictions and controls will be inevitable in the future to safeguard society from far worse disasters, terrorists will have a (relatively) free run. (Wall Street Journal, 12Jul05)
