Archives for 2004

Perhaps the Spanish will wake up with buyer’s remorse. Perhaps the EU will take stern talk (always cheap in Brussels) and turn it into stout action. We will see.

The point is that these jihadis have a serious plan, and they’re deadly serious about executing it. We may think they are ridiculous, but they clearly do not see themselves that way. They’re willing to do whatever it takes in the name of their desired end state. They are professionals, these terrorists, and I do not mean that to convey even a grudging nod of respect. I mean it to say, “They are not part-timers – this is their job, this is what they do.” They have won a victory, whose scale and importance is not yet clear, but one that will nevertheless increase their morale.

The point is that we may have to fight alone, and shoulder the entire burden. Because if we are not ready to:

The point is that we (the West, collectively) could lose. And the sooner we realize that, the more serious we will become, and the more certain our chances for victory will be.

We are not Spain, may God shelter them from further harm, and heal their wounds.

Because when the terrorists hit America on 9/11, exactly 911 days before 3/11, we mourned our dead for a suitable time.