"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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you wonder when its all going to end

When the war's over, I guess. I suspect there were lots of folk in
Britain
in '41 and '42 asking the same question.

Funny thing about terrorism, how it looks depends on where you are looking
from.

Many people in the US thought that supporting Irish terrorists was a good
thing except that they did not think of them as terrorists.

Not much difference between the Irish fighting the British and the
Palestinians fighting the Israelis. In distant places it is easy to
postulate.

When its your main street that gets bombed and people you know get hurt, and
when its your brother defusing bombs it tends to get personal.

My brother spent nearly 20 years diffusing Irish bombs in Ulster and England
playing a cat and mouse game with the terrorists before he quit.

It interesting therefore to observe American reactions to terrorism post
9/11. If you want to know the truth, there is no security regime around that
can protect you without the US becoming a police state. Besides which you
probably have more chance of being killed by some nut with gun that
terrorists. But if all those tax dollars being spent makes you feel secure
great.

Terrorists follow the rules - until the last moment. They are not great law
breakers. They blend into the community so unless you begin segregation,
establishing ghettos etc etc you will not know who is and who is not a
terrorist. Believe it or not they don't go around with a sign on their heads
saying terrorist.

Sorry if this all sounds patronising but the terrorists always win. See what
they have done to the US. All the post 9/11 chaos. The terrorists have
achieved that. They won in Ulster , they won in Palestine in 1948, they won
in Vietnam too and they won in South Africa.

Today's terrorist is tomorrow's hero.

Dave