Posted on 07/07/2005 2:20:43 PM PDT by smoothsailing
The British response to the attack on their soil, if there is any response, will be weak and ineffectual. All the Anglo-Saxon/British cojones reside in the New World now.
It is always a temptation
to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say: --
"We invaded you last night--
we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation
for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say: --
"Though we know we should defeat you,
we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested
to pay up, or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say: --
"We never pay anyone Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game
is oppression and shame,
and the nation that pays it is lost!"
- Rudyard Kipling -
God bless our brothers and sisters in England.
For now, we should not worry about their march to Socilaism but rather embrace them as our close cousins and the only other real fighter in the WOT.
I feverently wish that the pedophile moon-god worshipper muhammed (may he burn in hell between 2 pigs for eternity) and his evil adherents all meet the REAL GOD who will provide the infinite justice we are so afraid to speak of.
"The British response to the attack on their soil, if there is any response, will be weak and ineffectual. All the Anglo-Saxon/British cojones reside in the New World now."
I'm trying to type a non-abusive response, but having trouble. Your snide patronising drivel is very unwelcome today.
Thanks for the post,KP!
agreed
Don't underestimate the Brits. They've got more grit than the Spaniards did--excepting their imported terrorist community, of course.
" I don't judge an anti-terror policy by how many suspects are arrested after the fact."
"How would you judge it?"
By preventing terrorist attacks and killing terrorists.
"I doubt Al Qaeda wanted them to continue to hunt their leaders."
That's a really weak argument. Just because the Spanish haven't entirely abandoned their own domestic security means the terrorists didn't win?
When you allow your attacker to choose your government, you have surrendered. Period.
"their imported terrorist community"
I think that will be the lesson of these bombings. 9/11 was a security lapse, but this was an inside job. I think we will soon be hearing that the bombers (or at least their accomplices) were British citizens or legal residents.
George Galloway recently got elected to parliament with some of the pro-terrorist campaign I've ever seen in a western country... and people didn't think that would have implications for Britains security?
"their imported terrorist community"
I think that will be the lesson of these bombings. 9/11 was a security lapse, but this was an inside job. I think we will soon be hearing that the bombers (or at least their accomplices) were British citizens or legal residents.
George Galloway recently got elected to parliament with the pro-terrorist campaign I've ever seen in a western country... and people didn't think that would have implications for Britains security?
it was my pleasure, and surely seems appropriate to the hour.
Why don't you just go ahead and shut your word-hole, Newbie.
Socialists in their own trap. They get votes for power struggle by promising to steal your neighbor's money for your kid's college, and then they try to avoid involving themselves in power pride struggle arguments using PC.
It's total hypocrisy that is not lost on the enemy's mind.
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The Brits should use eminent domain to take the mosques in greater London. Space may be needed for the Olympic games, after all.
I do hope I am wrong.
"By preventing terrorist attacks and killing terrorists."
Yeah that's what I figured. But by that standard, Spanish involvement in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq evidently did not prevent the attack on Madrid. Analysis of the Spanish elections is pretty subjective, my analysis was that the main effect of the attack was to boost turnout. The extra turnout was liable to be people who were anti-Aznar, but were motivated to vote by the attacks and his reaction to them.
"That's a really weak argument. Just because the Spanish haven't entirely abandoned their own domestic security means the terrorists didn't win?"
It's a pretty weak argument to say that the Spanish government took one decision (which was one the people wanted all along) which you define as surrendering to terrorism, ignoring all the other steps they continue to take to fight terrorism. As weak as arguing that the US decision to withdraw bases from Saudi Arabia (as demanded by Osama bin Laden) constitutes a surrender.
Islamic Isles of the North Sea?
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