Explosives-Packed Car Defused in London

I go away for a week and see what happens when I return? Even the Jihadis want to make sure I have something to write about! Thanks guys! Now please kill yourselves in a less public way.

It is noted at the end of this article that the terrorists are doing this to force the new British government to retreat from Iraq. We will now see if the new government thinks that retreat is the best option or if they agree with the previous government that retreating will just encourage then more.

My Way News - Explosives-Packed Car Defused in London: "Police thwarted an apparent terror attack Friday near the famed Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London, defusing a bomb made of a lethal mix of gasoline, propane gas, and nails after an ambulance crew spotted smoke coming from a silver Mercedes outside a nightclub.

The bomb in the city's theater district was powerful enough to have caused 'significant injury or loss of life' - possibly killing hundreds, British anti-terror police chief Peter Clarke said.

Britain's new home secretary, Jacqui Smith called an emergency meeting of top officials, calling the attempted attack 'international terrorism.'

'We are currently facing the most serious and sustained threat to our security from international terrorism,' she said afterward. 'This reinforces the need for the public to remain vigilant to the threat we face at all times.'"

Pete Hegseth - Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd - washingtonpost.com

This guy is great! I would let him marry my daughter if I had one! Thanks to Blackfive for finding this.

Pete Hegseth - Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd - washingtonpost.com: "We face an important choice in the coming months: provide Gen. David Petraeus the time and troops he needs to execute his counterinsurgency campaign, or declare defeat and withdraw from Iraq. It seems that Democrats in Congress have already made their decision.

In his op-ed, Sen. Levin invoked the example of Abraham Lincoln, who endured years of challenges before finding the right generals and strategy to win the Civil War. After four years of uncertainty in Iraq, America finally has both the general and the strategy to turn the tide. The question is whether 2007 will unfold like 1865 or 1969.

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right. And to me, that sounds more than a bit like the situation our country faces today. What path will we choose?"