it only strengthens resolve against the protagonists at a time when the leaders are trying to help them.

Tricky: protagonists - them that done it

'them' - the disadvantaged/starving/poor

sorry - unclear wording. I meant that it's sick that these people are trying to hit London while London and the rest of the G8 are trying to stop the inequality in the world and help those that need it most. This, naturally would not be the protagonists as they quite clearly have more than enough resources.

Blair said the "terrorist attacks" were clearly designed to coincide with the G-8 summit opening in Gleneagles, Scotland. They also came a day after London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics. A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe" claimed responsibility.

Evildigitz: I think we are going to see more support on the war on TEH-TERRAR here in the UK now.

vladtweano:

be wary of any media and politicians who tell you that "everything changed on 7-7". that only applies to you, not them.

And so we return to the real war -- the one that can't be fought with F-16s and Abrams tanks, the back alley war of sleeper cells and pipe bombs and coded messages left on Internet chat boards. Of paid informants and "extraordinary reditions." Of torture and hit squads. The dirty war.

The next few days would probably be a good time to stay away from the TV. On top of the televised gore and the stunned faces of the survivors, we'll have to endure the canned Churchillian rhetoric of Messrs. Blair and Bush. Blitzes will be remembered; blood, sweat and tears promised, ultimate victory predicted. The babbling heads of cable news will babble even louder. Conservative con artists will figure the angles and work out the attack lines to use against the liberals -- whatever it takes to drown out the fact that, nearly four years after 9/11, Bin Ladin still lives and Al Qaeda is back in business. Mission unaccomplished.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

Mofo: Churchillian Rhetoric, eh?

churchill's own words are not churchillian rhetoric. they are merely churchillian.

Mofo: But if you have past examples, it makes it easier to spot new ones, no?

Londoners Rule

We are not terrorised.

We are just annoyed.

The Germans tried to terrorise Londoners for 40 nights. Londoners just camped out in the Tube singing songs.

The IRA tried to terrorise the British for decades. The British just used the destruction of buildings as unplanned town planning and revamped their bombed cities.

Now these amateurs think they can scare us by messing up the transport system? Bah. We're just pissed off that we can't meet our friend for coffee in the West End.

Piss off, terrorists. Go pick on someone who gives a shit.... You'll get the reaction you want from Americans. Try them again.*
* not really, obviously

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

Shweetbox: Its kinda silly though...'cause alot of you brits didnt support what Blair is doing right now.

I have a feeling that he'll gain a few poll points after this.