If the bombings in M…

If the bombings in Madrid and London were really because of Spain’s and England’s support of the war in Iraq, why then are Algerian diplomats being killed by Al Qaeda? Via Release the Hounds comes word that being a diplomat is enough to get you on their hit list. Ric reminds readers that Algeria did not support the invasion of Iraq.

This goes to further prove James Taranto’s assertion (scroll down to “The Road to Baghdad”) that the Iraq war would be a pretext, not a provocation, for later acts of terror. Each act of terror simply references the most recent pretext. The goal is the same, it’s just that the reason for the bombing du jour supposedly changes.

What it all comes down to is that you >gasp< can’t trust terrorists! It’s not just that they strike at targets of opportunity, they also use excuses of opportunity as well. Asking “why do they hate us?” is an exercise in futility. They can always come up with one more thing they hate if you keep appeasing them over and over. The Twin Towers are gone supposedly in response to our military presence in Saudi Arabia. If the anti-war left had their way, we’d be out of there, but do you really think bin Laden would have said, “OK, fine, then we won’t go after you any more”? (Hint: No.)

Being against a war, but acknowledging a government duly elected by the people is enough to get you killed by Islamic extremists. You can’t reason with people like that, and you can’t get into their heads and figure out how to calm them down. Until there’s a caliphate (run by them, of course), you won’t get a break.

Unless and until you defeat them.

(Cross-posted at Stones Cry Out. Comments welcome.)

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