21-22 December 2006

ABC News has posted a story, which I linked to from Hugh Hewitt, that a series of major terrorist attacks on London was "imminent", and that, according to Britain's intelligence and law enforcement leaders, "only a miracle will prevent such an attack from occurring," and "that the attacks will be far more deadly than the July 7, 2005 attacks on the London Underground." Well, I guess the day of reckoning has finally come. The attackers are British nationals, trained in Pakistan and directed by Al Qaeda's leaders in that country, through their affiliate, appropriately called, "Al Qaeda in England."

Well, pop open the bottle tops, make another popcorn batch in the micro or the stove, keep close tabs on your loved ones, where they are. Christmas will never be the same again. But then of course, that's what the enemy wanted to do. That's why they call it terrorism. Nothing is cherishable, nothing is pure or off-limits. Destruction is everywhere. And where do you strike back? Pakistan is supposed to be an ally--is it? Or shall we retaliate by dropping the bomb on Iran, where the large majority are unalterably opposed to Ahmadinejad and the mullahs. Or perhaps Syria, where the people are held in fear to "Baby Assad?" Or let's kill all the Palestinians--the folks who hide in fear of Hamas and all the other murderous gangs-passed-off- as martyrs for God.

Where will you put your hate? Good thing there is God. Good thing that the meaning of Christmas is something greater than terror and death.

--Belisarius II--