After the latest terrorist scares in Britain caused more disruption than the floods, veteran war correspondent Max Hastings said:
The flurry of precautions after terrorist alerts are almost always a charade. Real counter measures all hinge on military intelligence.
If he's right we're in big trouble.
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We could take a lesson from Israel, I think. They are subjected to almost constant terrorist attacks, but life goes on. They refuse to be paralyzed by the terrorist threats. Not that they don't have a very effective security force. They just don't let the threats dominate their lives.
If we let it dominate our lives, then the terrorists have won without detonating a single bomb.
Have you had cosmetic surgery, you look much younger ;-)
Fortunately we had the experience of living with the IRA for thirty years. So now the politicians try to generate fear and panic, the police set up road blocks and arrest dozens of people, holding them for the maximum fourteen days and then quietly release most without charge.
And we all just get on with our lives.
Politics, like conjuring has alwayd been about diverting perples' attention
Old joke but it always gets a smile :-)
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U wishing you laughter