Britain Must Reject Appeasement of Islamic Terrorists

The Heritage Foundation ^ | August 15, 2006 | Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.

[khnyny]

In an open letter to the British Prime Minister responding to last week’s successful anti-terror operations, the leaders of 38 Muslim groups and six Muslim politicians called for immediate changes to British foreign policy, which is “ammunition to extremists who threaten us all.”[1] The letter attacked the “debacle of Iraq” and, in reference to Israeli military action in Lebanon, faulted “the failure to do more to secure an immediate end to the attacks on civilians in the Middle East.” It stated that “current British government policy risks putting civilians at increased risk both in the U.K. and abroad.”

This letter is a wake-up call to the British government. It shatters any illusions that the government’s policy of engagement with leading “moderate” Muslim groups since the 2005 London bombings has reaped any benefits. Downing Street must now rethink its top-down approach to reaching out to the U.K.’s two million Muslims.

Coming just two days after the U.K. averted a 9/11-scale atrocity by arresting 24 British Muslim terror suspects, the Muslim leaders’ letter blames British foreign policy for the attempted attacks. This is a thinly veiled threat: Britain should expect more terror attacks unless it changes its worldview. The letter does not condemn the terrorists involved, attempting instead to establish moral equivalence between the Anglo-American-led war on terror and the actions of brutal terrorists.

[theshire]

I can assure you I’m beautifully fragrant...

[khnyny]

I think that if you aren’t intentionally trying to create animosity on an American website between the US and the British, then you’re just plain stupid.

In the big scheme of things, (which if you’re for real, you must realize), there are bigger issues to be concerned with, namely, radical Islamic terrorism, and that the Americans are the best friends that the British could possibly have. Why you are attempting to sully this relationship remains a mystery... perhaps it’s a case of misplaced anger.

[Red Badger]

What about your politicians’ support for the IRA in order to get Irish votes?

Liberals and Kennedys in particular, not the whole government nor the people in general.........

lack of support during the Blitz, and the oil and bombs (many of which landed on London) supplied to the Nazis whilst the British were fighting for their lives anything other than appeasment?

FDR & Co. had a little problem with a thing called The Great Depression going on at the time, and they were busy trying to Socialize the US Government and economy. I don't recall ever hearing anything about the US selling bombs to the Nazis to drop on UK......

[Beckwith]

the leaders of 38 Muslim groups and six Muslim politicians called for immediate changes to British foreign policy, which is “ammunition to extremists who threaten us all.”[1] The letter attacked the “debacle of Iraq” and, in reference to Israeli military action in Lebanon, faulted “the failure to do more to secure an immediate end to the attacks on civilians in the Middle East.” It stated that “current British government policy risks putting civilians at increased risk both in the U.K. and abroad.”

If that isn't a veiled threat, I don't know what is?

Screw these people.

[khnyny]

Indeed.

[uksupport1]

I can assure you that Britain isn’t appeasing anyone. It would be rather bizarre to call the only Western country outiside of the US to commit troops to heavy combat in the WoT appeasing and there is no sign that Brown is going to budge from Blair’s position in Iraq and Afghanistan.