Quote: Nowhereman said: After one line about the London bombings,its back to talking about America........how self absorbed can a person get?
Agreed.
This thread is about London and the al Qaeda attack that occured there, not about the US.
And yes, it was an al Qaeda attack, made clear by the target. We like to think that politicians make the best targets, but they don't. When politicians are targeted, the people are more easily rallied to fight against the attacker. When civilians are targeted, it creates fear within the nation, because everyone realizes that no one is safe. Everyone is a target. So, instead of wanting to fight back, many people ask "why?" Sure, it didn't used to be that way, but we like to think of ourselves as an enlightened society, so we often ask the wrong questions. In Spain, this line of thinking led to choosing a government that would look the other way. It was a victory for al Qaeda. The question is, will it have the same effect in England, or do the English have the balls to fight back? I pray they do, because if al Qaeda wins another nation via terror attack, more will follow.
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