Posted on 07/07/2007 7:24:53 AM PDT by CGblue
Why Britain and not the U.S.?
By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Newspapers
LONDON From the moment that emergency workers spotted the bomb-laden car a week ago in London's crowded West End, it was clear that for the fourth straight year and third straight summer this city was being readied for a major terrorist attack.
Yet England isn't the Great Satan to al-Qaida extremists. Terrorism experts all agree that for al-Qaida operatives and sympathizers, the preferred villain is the United States.
So why do attacks keep happening here? And why, since the horror of Sept. 11, has America avoided another assault?
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
ping
Assimilation is the key.
Six hours farther.
Hardly an insurmountable obstacle.
I suspect that it has to do with a greater sense of national identity. You come to the United States and become American. You go to any nation in Europe and remain a foreigner. Even if you were born there, if your parents are from elsewhere.
Foreigners that come here are owners. Foreigners in the UK are renters.
And hopefully, the eventual re-export of a more tolerant islam.
Wide open borders ping
why..britain?
I..think..the..answer..is..very..simple
Cause..she..aint..so..great..anymore.
She..has..been..weakened..through..immigration,liberal/leftist..thought..and..its..institutions..have..been..penetrated..by..islam.
Therefore..she..is..an..easy..pushover
Loads..of..manpower..in..place..who..have.access..to..information,..the..cover..of..political..correctness..under..which..they..can..hide..and..a..large..base..of..sheep..who..feel..islam..is..not..a..threat.
The..US..does..not..have..nearly..the..concentration,penetration..and..less..of..a..tolerence..for..these..new.thoughts..from..the..caveman..world
to..all..
sorry,..no..space..bar
The reason is shown below. The UK's PC new Prime Minister, who loves PC diversity and hates the war in Iraq.
Brown puckers his lips to serial kiss the arses of the al Qaeda serial killers serving as Doctors and Police Officers in the UK.
That’s gotta suck.
Keyboards aren’t expensive. They’ve got a dozen of them at the local Goodwill for $1 each.
I suggest that we stop patting ourselves on the back about the lack of attacks and realize that we are still the number 1 target of AQ. The first attack on the WTC took place in 1993 and was followed up eight years later. AQ is noted for its careful planning and multiple attacks. I have no doubt that they are planning another spectacular attack against the US. That is the reason why we have not been hit again--yet.
Because in the US when some local decides to go jihadi, the press squelches it.
I agree with you in terms of the timing. AQ has been trying to isolate the US in Iraq. They were successful in getting the Spanish to pull out and now they are working on the Brits, especially now that Blair is gone. We will be the last big target after they have isolated us. And they will wait until the political timing is right.
I..am.in..africa
its..a..mac
so..I..have..to..wait..another..couple..of..weeks..until..I..get..home..to..america
LOL! I thought that all of those dots were for effect. Use TAB instead of the dots. At least your lines will wrap. Good luck!
Assimilation didn’t seem to work on the 9-11 nineteen however.
barbra ann
Me too. Edgy new media performance art. ROTFL.
A smaller percentage of our overall popultation is Islamic. Hope it stays that way.
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