Others make the mistake of endlessly re-fighting the past six years – who let al-Qaida grow?; who “lost” Osama bin Laden?; who fouled up postwar Iraq? – instead of concentrating on the storm ahead.
Before 2001, the excuse for American complacence and in-fighting was naivete. But what will be the reason for the next successful strike against us by the jihadists?
Terrorism
Sharansky Still Gets It
Few western public officials understand the current geopolitical situation, and especially the rationale for promoting democracy in the Muslim world, as well as Sharansky does. Of those who do understand, I don’t think any can explain things as clearly as he can.
There’s a quite good interview with him now in the Jerusalem Post:
The Edinburgh Festival – and how!
The Edinbugh Festival begins in Scotland’s capital city tomorrow and despite the fireworks of creativity that it always delivers, I think this year is going to be hostage to “Jihad! The Musical!” – “A madcap romp through the wacky world of international terrorism”.
It was written by an Old Etonian and a 25 year old female compatriot.
The Edinburgh Festival opens on tomorrow (Monday), and I await the reviews with interest. In the meantime, here is one of the songs, “I Wanna Be Like Osama” for your evening viewing pleasure.
The chap who plays Osmana is stardom bound, that’s for sure. I’ll let you know when the reviews come out.
You Are The First Responder
The tragedy in Minneapolis of a few days ago underlines something I have written about before and will no doubt have to write about again. I never really thought about it much until Katrina hit and I saw the images that all of you saw. Those were images of people standing in what seemed like endless lines for food and water or to be evacuated.
The Amazing Psychic Shannon
I will now amaze you with my psychic powers by revealing to you how events will unfold in the Minneapolis Bridge collapse.
Wait a minute…Let me concentrate…I have it!