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Well exactly. Tackling the root causes of Islamic extremist terrorism is like grasping the nettle and very few politicians are willing to get stung in the process. Sad but true of today's run of career politicians.
just walking on egg shells re the possible causes. A total lack of leadership amongst our leaders.
All the countries KNOW what the problem is....sort it out..grow some balls before your own citizens decide to do it themselves.
Pointless. Whenever these scumbags wish to attack they will. Any ban on potential bomb making materials (which are in the main ordinary household or commercial ingredients) would mean a shift in tactics. What about petrol? Under the correct conditions a gallon of petrol has the same explosive potential at eighty pounds of dynamite. Are we going to ban petrol the first time one of the scum uses some? There's also dust explosives, you can make a big bang with a seemingly inert substance such as custard powder! Can't make a bomb because all the ingredients have been withdrawn from sale? Just go back to hiring/stealing a vehicle and using it to mow down pedestrians or making random knife attacks in public places. Leave a few bags unattended about the place, that will soon cause much disruption and chaos. They don't have to contain anything, but will bring the commuter network to a halt while the bomb squad arrive to investigate. See where I'm going? Tactically speaking, the terrorist will always remain one step ahead, and he will aways remain one step ahead while ever he is allowed to roam our streets.
@stag spot on re your point re bluffs and dummie bombs. The atmosphere that we are in at the moment is perfect for such tactics. Ikea bag, plastic bucket, couple of roman candles --job done (perhaps Amber should be banning fireworks?)
For the terrorist, the possibilities for attack are indeed endless and limited only by their own imagination. We haven't seen car bombs (yet) or bicycles whose frames have been packed with explosive then chained up to a bike rack in the city centre.
We also have to remember that the fight against terrorism is being waged on two fronts. We do not only face the extremists themselves, but those in power who unwittingly aid and abet by their refusal to act in the manner required to defeat them.
That's a very difficult question to answer. Perhaps when fatalities among MPs or the royal family are created? I doubt even then they will have the guts to stand up. Their hands are well and truly bound by issues of which they themselves are the architects. For far too long anyone wishing to even discuss the matter have been branded racist and all politicians know they have to vacillate in order to protect themselves and their parties. I predict a seismic shift in votes to the radical policies of new political parties who will emerge to make gain out of this issue. We could see a repackaged BNP or some similar far right organisation who will appeal to the ordinary citizen who is sick to the back teeth of this situation. It sounds far fetched but just look at the rise of UKIP. They were outcasts, regarded as fringe lunatics, but they tapped into the concerns of the ordinary people of the UK with a message which they both understood and agreed with. The result was the referendum and Brexit. Could a BNP style party do something similar? Someone saying they will represent the common folk will find many willing ears.
I also predict that we will see at least one attack over the Christmas period. Just imagine if a bomb exploded on Christmas eve/day? The TV schedules being taken over by rolling news. Wouldn't that be a victory for the extremists? I sincerely hope I'm proved wrong on that point.
Also, I wonder how many title changes this thread will have over the coming weeks and months?
then they either become slaves ( yes they're still down with that ) or get Killed.
But according to CNN all Muslims are peaceful and it's racist to think they or their religion is a problem!
There was a video that surfaced of kids aged 5-10 beheading grown men and shooting them to death. You don't see any white christian terrorist groups doing that. Muslim religion literally says kill non believers.
As I already said, I don't buy newspapers and am still deliberately avoiding TV news. This doesn't surprise me. As far as I'm concerned the ongoing unwillingness to tackle the issue of terrorism and extremism is like defending or making excuses for the Nazis. That people continue to die is largely irrelevant to many.
Its staggering that some parties are desperate to point the finger at almost any other factor (the availability of bomb ingredients, the internet, poverty, social islolation, poor use of intel, mental health, foreign policy , the list goes on) rather than the one staring us in the face.
The obvious problem.
Lets guess who/what to focus on in future?
Just read in the NY Times that MI5 is tracking more than 3,000 terrorist sympathizers in about 500 separate investigations. I guess that may not be enough given the last attack, but unfortunately some suspects will probably go unnoticed--I don't know if this is inevitable or not.
Now it's wrong to complain about terrorist incidents?! Says it all doesn't it?!
Oh, do be careful. Someone might call you a racist, even though it is true.
With the best of intentions, they welcomed young men...strangers into their home. To offer them safety, security, stability, a future etc etc. And that precious generosity was returned with ignorance and violence.
Some questioned the wisdom of our refugee policy both here and across Europe and they were shouted down by the well meaning liberals who saw nothing but good in our policy re refugees. It is a moral dilema..but I would not want to explain to someone who had lost a relative that it was worth the risk.