We Are All British Today

We all felt it. The bombs that burst through buses and subway cars in London earlier today. We weren't there, we weren't one of the 37 dead (and rising). Nor were we one of the 700 plus injured in the deadly attacks carried out, most likely, by Al-Qaeda.

All the way across the Atlantic, we were glued to our television sets, to websites, and the radio. BLINDSIGHTED. It has been almost four years since America was attacked by Islamic radicals who are carrying their hatred against America and all of Western Civilization. It has been about 15 months since Al-Qaeda struck several trains in Madrid, killing over 300 there. It was reported that today's attacks in London were purportedly supposed to do "even more damage" than was done.

But, we got the message. The terrorists are not only still out there, but there target is not simply America. In fact, they coordinated their attacks on the same day as the G-8 Summit was meeting only hours away in another part of the UK, Scotland. The G-8 is where the top 8 industrialized countries come together, not to decide how to exert power over the rest of the world, but instead how to be more compassionate, by lending aid, reducing pollution, and uplifting the Third World. Al-Qaeda obviously doesn't care about Westerners compassion. They only see the idea of a free society as contrary to their own ideas for how the world should be run. And, they'll go to all ends to kill each and every one of us that decides in favor of freedom. Al-Qaeda, we got the message, and today... we are all British, we are all Americans, we are all a part of Western Civilization, and we will all kick your ass until you get the message.

In the immortal words of Tony Blair, "It is through terrorism that the people that have committed these terrible acts express their values and it is right at this moment that we demonstrate ours." He continued, “by our spirit and dignity ... our values will long outlast theirs."

"The purpose of terrorism is just that," said Blair, "It is to terrorize people and we will not be terrorized.”