London
"We Shall Prevail . . . And They Shall Not." — Tony Blair(Profanity warning.)
I think I might just be angrier today than I was on September 11. Or perhaps I'm simply missing the sadness and shock I felt on 9/11.
I've always been the kind of person who cared more for my friends than myself. You wanna spit in my face, call me every vulgar name in the book and curse the day I was born? Fine. But you come after my friends, and my first thought is I will fuckin' kick your ass.
Fortunately (well, unfortunately, for these murdering bastards), if there's one nation willing to stand up and crack skulls in its own defense, it's Great Britain. They have gone through far worse, and now al-Qaeda has once again written a check its ass can't cash. They already had their hands full with the CIA and the Navy SEALs, now the SAS and MI5 will be all over them.
When London's mayor, the way-lefty "Red" Ken Livingstone, says something like Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail. . . . it's obvious that the Brits will fight back, and fight back hard.
An even more succinct response came from Britblogger Tim Worstall:
But you threaten us, try to kill us? Kill and injure some of us?
Fuck you, sunshine.
We'll not be having that.
No grand demonstrations, few warlike chants, a desire for revenge, of course, but the reaction of the average man and woman in the street? Yes, you've tried it now bugger off. We're not scared, no, you won't change us. Even if we are scared, you can still bugger off.
But the ultimate quote came from Donald Rumsfeld:
But if these terrorists thought they could intimidate the people of a great nation, they picked the wrong people and the wrong nation. For generations, tyrants, fascists, and terrorists have sought to carry out their violent designs upon the British people only to founder upon its unrelenting shores. Before long, I suspect that those responsible for these acts will encounter British steel. Their kind of steel has an uncommon strength. It does not bend or break.And they will regret it.
Publius has the story of the first-ever raising of a foreign flag at the U.S. State Department:
Many bloggers are echoing this respect by displaying the Union Jack on their blogs. I've harnessed my limited Photoshop skills to fashion a ribbon similar to the Stars-and-Stripes ribbons that were displayed after 9/11. Feel free to download and use them:
Also, Tigerhawk has a transcribed interview with Rudy Giuliani, who was in London yesterday.
And, just to illustrate the kind of response that will be demanded but unheeded, Ace crafted a Bizarro-World James Bond script.
It's now been a little more than 24 hours since the attack. God Save The Queen, and everyone else in Britain.
posted by Marsh @ 4:15 AM
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