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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America react to the horrific terrorist attack that killed at least 22 people and was aimed at young concertgoers in Manchester, England. They also discuss President Trump’s characterization of terrorists as “evil losers” and some of the social media reaction to the deadly blast. And they point out how difficult it is to stop an attack like this and why the instinct to turn every public gathering place into a fortress is not the right answer.
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@blueyeti: Shouldn’t this be Three Martini Lunch?
Seawriter
Fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
When was the last time anyone had a three martini lunch?
No one remembers – including, or especially, those who had one.
Seawriter
The key line is not “Losers” and not “Your souls will be condemned.”
The key line is “Drive them out.”
What a pathetic analysis, Jim. These guys are not stupid. They understand our societies and our psychology and especially our recent history, which is to fail to protect ourselves from lethal invaders, be they Mexicans, muslims or others.
Islamic terrorism can be ended easily. Five quick steps.
This is utterly necessary to end Islamic terrorism. An aggressor must face overwhelming, disproportionate force to be stopped. I reference Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those abominations were necessary to end WW2.
Under the Dr Robert plan, the clash of civilizations would have ended about two weeks after 9-11. Thousands of innocent Americans, Europeans, and especially muslims now dead would be enjoying life, we would not have lost so many small civil liberties (anyone really enjoy being searched at the airport?), Barack Obama would never have been elected and western civilization would now be ascendant rather than cowering.
And North Korea would not be emitting a peep.