Outguessing the Terrorists
Isn’t it a bit embarrassing for an “expert on counter-terrorism” to be quoted as saying this?
Bill Tupman, an expert on counter-terrorism from Exeter University, told BBC News: “The problem is trying to predict the mind of the al-Qaeda planner; there are so many things they might do.
“And it is also necessary to reassure the public that we are trying to outguess the al-Qaeda planner and we are in the process of protecting them from any threat.”
I think it’s necessary to convince the public to refuse to be terrorized. What frustrates me most about Abdulmutallab is that he caused terror even though his plot failed. I want us to be indomitable enough for the next attack to fail to cause terror, even if it succeeds. Remember: terrorism can’t destroy our country’s way of life; only our reaction to terrorism can.
uk visa • February 9, 2010 6:34 AM
Very few British people are afraid of terrorism – we lived through many years of the IRA failing to terrorise us.
Nothing has changed in Britain apart from a broken government trying to convince us that the threat is worse so it can be a shining knight… what an absurd vision – Gordon Brown as a knight on horseback!
The US has long known that government is easier if it’s seen to be saving it’s populace from potential terrors – think cold war.
Here in Britain we’re more pragmatic and suspicious of government and it’s use of patriotism or fear as a tool to manipulate people with.