"We shall prevail, and they shall not"

PM Blair spoke of Britain's resolve at the G-8 summit in the face of these barbaric attacks on innocent civilians in London today.

Ed Morrissey puts in plainly:

If [Al Qaeda] thinks that they can frighten Blair and the British out of the war on terror by bombing London, I believe they are quite mistaken. Another lunatic used terror on Londoners on a much more massive scale for years at a stretch, thinking that the same kind of attacks would panic the British into surrendering, or at least into withdrawing from the conflict. The Blitz did neither. It hardened British resolve to stamp out the cancerous philosophy of fascism and to destroy the governments that used it to oppress their own people, commit genocide on ghastly scales, and attack peaceful civilian populations to further their political goals.

Hitler didn't succeed at his campaign of intimidation. Osama bin Laden won't either. Put simply, the British are not Spaniards. They will arise in fury and a renewed sense of mission to stamp out the bloodthirsty terrorists who have committed this heinous act -- and we will stand with them to do so, just as they have stood with us these long years since 9/11.

The British as much as any other people understand that fear only empowers their enemies. I'm not knocking Blair, but if Churchill were around today he would have lit up a stogie and said "Is that all you got, you pansy-asses?"

Our thoughts and prayers here in the U.S. are with the families of the victims and for those wounded who fight for survival. We will always be there for our oldest and dearest friends.

Hate cannot win. Hope will not let it.

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