If it is the 4th of July it must be time to listen to what Michael Ledeen has to say. Ledeen is feeling a little blue because the new prime minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, has outlawed use of the term ‘war on terror’.
Like Mark and Victor, I too have a very bad feeling about Gordon Brown. Those Orwellian language changes spooked me, as did the appointment of M.M. Brown. The obvious intent is to reduce the whole unpleasantness to a policing problem, which is what they did with the I.R.A., and Mark is entirely right to stress the enormous differences. I too admire the British security forces, but I don’t think they are the best counterterrorist force in the world, that medal goes to the Israelis, surely. And Israel, not Britain, is the lab experiment for what we will face: enemies within and without, a big border to control, and real battles to fight, lest the enemy truly threaten our survival as a free nation.
Maybe the Gordon Brown government will come to be seen as a test case for the multiculti Left’s approach to “the war (shhh),” and if it fails quickly enough, it might help us sort out the real choices for November ’08. After all, British failures have often been inspirational for America, sigh.
I feel for Mr. Ledeen. No wants to fight his war anymore. Meanwhile, if you thought Mitt Romney was bad, check out this couple:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Police officers in the Dutch city of Alkmaar were surprised to see a car passing by with a man sitting on a bicycle on its roof.
The driver and his wife, when stopped by the police, said they heard a noise while waiting at a traffic light, but did not realize they were taking on an extra passenger.
The 26 year-old man who took the free ride was fined for public drunkenness, not carrying an identity card and providing a false identity to the police.
At least he didn’t shit all over the rear window.
