Preventing Terror
Congratulations are due to Britain’s security services in having reportedly thwarted a terrorist attack. While details are not yet forthcoming, this shows that Al Qaeda and the groups and individuals allying themselves with that cause can be effectively combated and the threat reduced without invading anyone, something which has been effectively accomplished in the past against the PLO, the IRA, ETA, and other groups. Military force has been called upon, but with Afghanistan the notable exception, only with limited scope to deal with international terrorism. While terrorists continue to learn from their own successes, we ought to be doing the same, something the English are showing now.