"Tracking even 25 terror suspects is going to involve hundreds of public servants and a number of agencies.
Try tracking 250. Or 2,500. Or 25,000."
Excellent point. I was thinking myself the other day, doesn't this sort of scalpel-style anti-terror operation only work when the number of radical muslims is relatively small. When a significant portion of the population is muslim and radicalized, doesn't that make anti-terror impossible from a law enforcement standpoint and become basically a civil war?
Yes, and once it reaches that point London will basically turn into Baghdad circa 2004-2005, when the city itself was basically quiet, but car bombs and other attacks seemed to come out of nowhere. There will be parts of town that the police won't enter without armored vehicles.
Most of the smart terrorists will never go to jail for long due to 'lack of evidence', and the flunkies that are caught with bomb making materials will be easily replaced. The strict PC mentality in Britain will hamstring their abilities to fight the problem once it passes a certain size. I hate to say it, but the UK is playing a game that it's bound to lose sooner or later. Their problem runs a lot deeper than 25 guys with homemade bombs.
Give the poster a cigar....
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