“If you want to see an example of a measured response, take a look at the UK’s after the London Underground bombings of 7th July 2005. Admittedly the bombings weren’t of the same league as the September 11th attacks, but virtually nobody in the UK was saying “let’s bomb the f*ers” And a month or two later (at the most) it was as if nothing had ever happened.”
Mike K, I tend to agree with you, but....
The fact is, the british empire is gone and the british are ex-colonialists. As a nation they’re old and tired and wimpy. It’s different for us—you can’t be the world’s only superpower and let anybody get away with anything. If we let one terrorist group have the WTC they’ll all want one.
So as the winners of the cold war we have to respond to any provocation—we have no choice. Any little group of terrorists can tell us who to invade and we have to do it, or we let the terrorists win. Either we kill off every terrorist group that isn’t under our direction, or we lose our special status and have to admit we aren’t in control of the world.
“If you want to see an example of a measured response, take a look at the UK’s after the London Underground bombings of 7th July 2005. Admittedly the bombings weren’t of the same league as the September 11th attacks, but virtually nobody in the UK was saying “let’s bomb the f*ers” And a month or two later (at the most) it was as if nothing had ever happened.”
Mike K, I tend to agree with you, but....
The fact is, the british empire is gone and the british are ex-colonialists. As a nation they’re old and tired and wimpy. It’s different for us—you can’t be the world’s only superpower and let anybody get away with anything. If we let one terrorist group have the WTC they’ll all want one.
So as the winners of the cold war we have to respond to any provocation—we have no choice. Any little group of terrorists can tell us who to invade and we have to do it, or we let the terrorists win. Either we kill off every terrorist group that isn’t under our direction, or we lose our special status and have to admit we aren’t in control of the world.
Think about it.