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Italy dispatched extra plain-clothes police to guard public transport, heightened security at airports and said more than 13,000 “sensitive sites” were under special guard. But for many Rome residents, an attack seems inevitable.
And up north, Denmark seems to voice a similar reaction:
“Denmark’s Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said terrorists would inevitably “slip through the net” and warned all European nations were ultimately vulnerable.”
An attack, no matter how big your homeland security budget is, is ultimately inevitable? Isn’t that a scary thought? The reaction of the targeted countries almost seems as if they have resigned themselves to their fate. But as much as we don’t like to admit it, it is close to the truth. Of course, this doesn’t mean that we sit idle and let terrorists dictate terms. I guess, this is the cost of living in a world in flux. We can seal our borders and frisk anyone that seems suspicious but finally the terrorists have time on their hand. We have to be lucky every time, they have to be lucky just once.
On another ‘unrelated’ note, now even liberals are asking to invade Pakistan as the next step in fighting the war on terror.
by Patrix | on Sunday, July 10th, 2005 at 11:00 pm | 
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July 10th, 2005 at 11:40 pm reply
>>this is the cost of living in a world in flux
Or should it read “this is the cost of living in a world where THE big fish tries to eat particular small ones”?
But invading Pakistan? Now thats a lot to ask for. If that happens (another Muslim country invaded by USA and the west - read Christian), the terrorism is going to get a lot worse.
July 11th, 2005 at 8:42 am reply
The reason Pakistan should not be invaded is the same reason Iraq should not have been invaded in the first place : Even though both are / were being ruled by undemocratic dictators, both are / were instrumental in keeping the islamic fanatics in their respective countries in control. Remove Musharraf and be prepared for permanent instability in the region. India should strongly oppose any such move by the US.
July 11th, 2005 at 8:54 am reply
I also would agree invading Pakistan is not the thing to do right now. Of course, there are other way to get Musharraf toe the line. He needs the US more than they do right now.