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Fire of Liberty

Ralph Peters has a great column in today's edition of The New York Post (registration required) on how the attack on London's underground and the double-decker bus has actually backfired on the terrorists. Here's a taste:

* Instead of intimidating the the heads of state at Gleneagles — from South Africa's Thabo Mbeki to Mexico's Vicente Fox — the terrorists reminded them all of the need for unity. If you catch a rerun of Tony Blair reading their joint statement, study the worried face of Jacques Chirac. He knows it could have been Paris.

* The terrorists expect a repeat of Madrid, with British support for free Iraq collapsing. But Londoners aren't madrileños. During the Blitz, they withstood massive Nazi terror attacks night after night. They've endured decades of IRA bombings. The English intelligentsia will find a way to blame America, but the British people will not yield to terror.

* They've spoiled the party for all those sympathizers in the West who had turned their attention away from Abu Ghraib for five minutes to demand more aid for Africa. As President Bush pointed out, the terrorists disrupted a summit focused on poverty. Africans watching events unfold will realize that their continent stands to lose far more than London did. Even a rock star or two might figure this one out.

* Despite the drama of the attacks, it's revealing that the terrorists couldn't do more. 7/7 wasn't 9/11. It wasn't even Madrid. Not every attack can be prevented, but Britain's tough anti-terror efforts clearly limited what the terrorists could achieve.

It's rather interesting to see the terrorists network of Al Qaeda disintegrating before our very eyes. Though people have suffered great losses and endured horrific injuries, it still shows you how much of a toll that the US led War on Terror has enacted on the "high command" of Jihad Inc. The only option before the house is for us to keep up the charge and roll up these terrorists once and for all. So, tally-ho!!!