London - July 7, 2005 Posted by Suzanne Nossel

Frightening.   Just some preliminary thoughts:

- Prayers, wishes and strength to the people of London;

- As irrational as it may seem, who among us in a major city isn't afraid to get on the subway this morning;

- We're not fighting them there so we won't have to fight them here - that's flat-out fallacy and Bush should never utter it again.  We're fighting them in both places;

- GWOT is alive and kicking - for the Administration and for all of us - a long-term fight against extremism may be the overarching umbrella, but people's lens will continue to be terrorism - the images this morning guarantee that;

- Curious if this bears the marks of al Qaeda.  Some suggest no and another group is being cited as having claimed responsibility.  If it's a different organization, what are we now up against, how will that affect the lens through which we interpret the success/failure of anti-terror efforts so far, etc.

- Yes, Gleneagles should go on.  But Tony Blair may need to be with his people.  There's nothing wrong with that.  It is not a concession to terrorists.

Comments

[rosignol]

- Curious if this bears the marks of al Qaeda.

Multiple targets hit at roughly the same time, no demands made, no claim of responsibility?

Those are pretty much al Qaeda trademarks. Just about every other terrorist group on the planet hits one target at a time and claims responsibility for the act.

[Tom Foster]

Not a fallacy, Miss Nossel, a goal. Is it a fallacy that both teams are acting on when only one wins the game?

Meanwhile, I'm having a hard time remembering the protest activity at the G8 that we hosted in Savannah

[Joe Katzman]

I'm in a major city. With mass transit. Under a government whose security policy is and has always been a sick, ineffective, politically correct joke. I will get on the subway today.

I am not afraid. I refuse to bow to evil.

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