Interesting comment.
At this point, it's not even known who promulgated these bombings. It doesn't seem like the work of the I.R.A, and I don't believe the anarchists who oppose the g8 gathering would have the sophistication or the courage to undertake such an attack. So, it's time to point the finger at the "usual suspect".
I know tensions are running high at the moment, but I'm wondering if the overall impact of this (by the majority of English, albeit _not_ by our own conservative UK'ers like MadIvan) will be to _diminish_ the popularity of Tony Blair and to actually _blame_ him, because of his staunch support of G.W. Bush and the war on terror.
Call it the "Madrid effect".
The left will complain, "if you [and the government] had not supported the United States, the Islamics would never have become so angered with us". And blah, blah, blah.
Another interesting comment was from someone who noted that this attack comes on the seventh day of the seventh month.
- John
Sad, but true. Of course, if we follow the appeasement 'strategy' of the Left, first the terrorists would demand we pull out of the Middle east, next that we drop all support to Israel, and then they would demand our wholesale 'conversion' to Islam. Appeasement is the path to slavery.