[hosepipe]

Yeah!... Civil War... the Iraq thing is chump change...

[redpoll]

Actually, whether or not we can tell if we’re at war or not is a really good question. The Islamofascist side is using a variety of means to defeat the West, including incremental immigration, use of the legal system, propogandist imagery in the media, appeals against racism and bigotry, calls for religious freedom, as well as old-fashioned tactics such as taking over nations, killing civilians, and destroying property. Islam presents an interesting quandry for the West, since there is no frontline, yet everywhere there is engagement.

The ultimate response - killing all the Moslems - is too horrific to contemplate. Their own ideology, however, tells them that all non-believers should convert or die.

These are interesting times.

[The Mayor]

A vicious circle has thus been set up. There is no coherent and comprehensive mechanism for the analysis of risks and threats within government that the electorate can see to exist, and so rely on. When the unexpected occurs, the response to it is likely to be incoherent and ad hoc: short-termist and uncertain. This encourages government to ‘spin’ and manipulate, to cover the shortfall in real strength and coherence with public relations ploys. This will play into our enemies’ strengths.

Bingo, is there any better description of Washington today than this?

[JasonC]

There is no political will in the entire continent of Europe. There is a murderer off stage right in the new Soviet Union, and there are a few malecontents willing to plant bombs on the trains. Everyone else is a squealing grade schooler crying to mommy and living in a dreamworld.

[SwankyC]

With confidence in our cultural identity all but destroyed, we cannot defend that identity any more.

...thank a liberal today