One of our frequent posters wrote a very revealing article on 9-11 and 7-7 (WTC and London).  IN it, he revealed part of the European mentality that escapes so many Americans.  We have several UK Posters here at JU, and a couple of immigrants from across the pond from the UK.  And while the latter have tried to explain things to us natives, for the most part, Americans scratch their heads and say OK.  Not really understanding the mind set.

Yesterday, England became a member of a select, but rapidly growing club.  Those who have suffered at the hands of Islamic Terrorists.  It is not like England was not familiar with Terrorists, as they have had to deal with the IRA for years.  Indeed, England is not alone on the European continent in having had to deal with home grown terrorists in the past as Spain has had the Basque Separatists for years as well.

But this is different.  For even in their barbarity, home grown terrorist had a rhyme and reason and a true end that stopped short of annihilation of the host.

These do not.  Yet, I have to wonder where the outrage was in Europe for the 3-11 attack in Spain.  Sure, as one poster pointed out, they caved after it, but that did not make the hundreds of innocent people any less dead.  And the sentiments expressed by one over the "America got its come uppance" cannot be transferred to the Spaniards who have not been a threat to anyone outside of Spain since the 18th century.

So why did it take an attack on their home soil to see the inevitable truth of the war on terror?  Why did they not mourn and sympathize with the Spaniards killed in an equally dastardly attack 2 years ago?  Is this something that must be felt up close and personal before every civilized nation on earth stands up and squashes these vermin?

Apparently it must.  And hence while the French and Germans may pay lip service to the Spaniards and Brits, that is all it is at this point.  They will not have the outrage that the Americans, Brits and Spaniards have over these acts.  Until it hits home.

Hitler made a grave mistake when he opened up the second front in his war before closing the Western one.  And the Islamic Terrorists are making the same grave mistake now.  If they concentrated on one country, the USA, to the exclusion of all others, the USA would eventually be isolated in its zeal to get rid of them as the rest of the world would weary of our belligerence and berating.  But by spreading their terror to all countries, they are uniting the world in one giant alliance that will destroy them, and perhaps cripple Islam if they do not clean up their house first.

I do not pretend to understand the European Mindset.  But I really think they don't understand it either.  They think they do, yet their actions belie their words.  Tis is not an intentional lie on their part.  It is human nature to gloss over that which we pretend to understand, instead of delving into it deeply.

Israel is the charter member of this new league.  The members are now a handful, and through the hate the terrorist spread, it will continue to grow.  Someone asked if we could expel all Islamics from this country.  While I doubt (and hope) that does not occur, the truth is, in short order, they will not be allowed out of their sandbox.  And when they do manage to make it to another country, Devil's Island or Gitmo will await them.

There will always be some Zapateros, Kerrys and Deans.  But it is becoming clear with each attack, that their voices grow weaker and less relevant. The appeasers will always be here, but they will rapidly become a museum piece, enshrined to make sure we know what happens when a Neville Chamberlain or Jose' Zapatero try to appease the unappeasable.

We mourn today for our English Brothers.  As we mourned for our Spanish brothers, and the Israeli women and children that have suffered.  As with the Australians in Bali. The Appeasers would have us believe it is all our fault.  But reality has a habit of showing appeasers the folly of their ways.