Mr. Brown played down the threat, treating the episodes as a crime rather than a threat to civilization.

Well, there you have it. Mr. Brown is apparently more in tune with President Clinton than Mr. Blair was (even though the media thought they were "soulmates"). After all, after the 1993 WTC bombing, Clinton warned everyone not to "overreact."

The American MSM will love Mr. Brown.

Yet, his minimalist approach seemed to strike a reassuring chord with Britons, many of whom had expressed fatigue with Mr. Blair’s apocalyptic view of terrorism.

So, I guess if they don't think about it or talk about it, it will just go away. Everyone knows the terrorists are just mad at  the US and they will give them a pass for having a Pu**y for a Prime Minister and distancing themsevles from the US. Good plan, Let me know how that works out.

"In a somewhat wooden address to the nation on Saturday and in an interview with the BBC on Sunday..."

Observation: It's nice to see the UK PM speaking with the same clarity and emphasis of President Bush, isn't it? When is President Bush going to be afforded the same kind words when he speaks?

"Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word 'Muslim' in ­connection with the ­terrorism crisis".

Pathetic. Let's don't upset them. The only way to get good relations with this murderous crowd is to appease them. How about demanding that the Muslim community change its behaviour, and start condeming these terrorists, and in fact stop teaching hate in their mosques, and even start turning these maniacs in to the law?

"Civil rights groups are estatic. He has not played politics with the terror threat, and has treated this weekend’s events as an operational rather than a political matter".

One way to look at politics is "the authoritative allocation of values for a society". Politics is observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. So, if the UK gives up all of its authoritative values, then this will keep the PM in the good graces of various civil rights groups. Great. On the other hand, the enemy is using politics to the extreme, but that's ok as far as the defeatists are concerned.

This whole article is another example of how many in the MSM simply want Western society to cease its existance, as long as the enemy is kept happy, and as long as there is no effort or conflict on our side to retain and strengthen our values. Wave the white flag, Cowell, you traitor.

Like Nance Pelosi not doing a thing in office, Gordon Brown has really been a solid rock in the terror attacks:

His first order of business was to hold a meeting where his cabinet offered nothing, did nothing and is doing nothing.

His second order of business was to disappear like Nance Pelosi.

The Scots are good needlers in getting jobs done when they have a boss on top telling them what needs to be done. That is why the Highlanders were such fear inspiring soldiers is they never gave up until the other side was all dead. Gordon Brown though is clueless like a rock with hair on it. It may be comforting now when something happened, but when the day comes the Brits need something accomplished it will be to late as liberal Brown is not a leader.....he is just there.

You might remember America had a Clinton like that and how it ended in disaster.

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Leon, victory is when the terrorists are no longer a threat. Your logic that Bush is at fault for this war and the actions of our enemies is like saying the cops fighting crime is making criminals mad...hence more crime. There is a reason why the terrorists are attacking England now more so then under Blair...because the PM is considered weak. They survive and gain power by getting the government to fear them.

The problem in Iraq isn't because we started the war. Its because we made the war into PC. The media and Democrats didn't want President Bush to get too popular, so have made this into a political war. The reason why it has escalated is because we have not sent a stronger message, instead we have sent a message of half hearted commitment. You ever watch boxing? If the champ is in the ring, but right hand is tied and all the audience is booing every time his left makes contact, the 100 pound weakling ( who has no rules, can kick, bite, whatever ) gets courage and may just end up winning. Why? Because the heavy weight champ's spirit isn't in the fight, he isn't allowed to win, he is just there, while the 100 pound weakling gains courage and strength with each boo his opponent gets. Terrorists are not like you Leon, they wish you dead. You can't appease them, you can't reason with them. You aren't going to make them mad, because they are already convinced you are Satan. You have a better chance convincing Debra to convert to Mormonism than you do to convince a terrorists to be your friend.

Victory is when the world knows we are serious, we will find and destroy our enemies. Sadly we are that heavy weight champ who is booed for even being in the ring with the guy who called him out.

Why are you folks wasting time debating a buffoon? His implication that Colin Powell, or any other "smart person" has confirmed it was all lies should tell you all you need to know, and that's either he has voices in his head telling him things that aren't true, or he's a liar. Either way, you're really wasting your time.

"The same way I relish Colin Powell. You know why? Because it's great to
hear smart people admit that I've been right all along. it's great to
hear that the lies were lies."