I think the question is this: At what point is the threshold reached at which the rage engendered by these barbaric koranimals, battering at the ramparts of civilization, overcomes the legal risks of vigilantism ?
So no, I don't think it's lack of 'nerve' as much as our inherent decency and tradition of fair play .. the exact traits the maggots think they can use against us forever.
Given what's happening in Libya et al, come the next 9.11 or similar, I'd be expecting a big jump in unexplained 'disappearances' of domestic jihadi symps.
Throughout history, there is always a tipping point.
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Optimistic. The moslems took over Spain because the goths were multicultural and let them right until the tipping point was in their favor - the moslems. It took 700 years to get them out again.
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When their attacks are battering the ramparts within this country, our reply will not be vigilantism, but patriotism.
I am no vigilante. But I will not stand down to a direct attack.