Good Thing There's No War On Terror

Right, John Edwards? We're wondering, of course, how to understand this foiled attack on London . . . just a big misunderstanding, perhaps?

If a Democrat wins the presidency, don't expect any muscular response if such things occur in the United States. It'll be more sweeping these episodes under the rug a la the World Trade Center bombing of 1993.

To get to the presidency, the Democrats must demonize the war effort and assume we will lose in Iraq; but to run the country, they would almost immediately have to reverse course, call for unity, and explain why we must continue anti-terrorism at home, and fighting al Qaeda abroad. And if they adopted a truly pacifist stature, a single 9/11 like attack would ruin their fides for a generation. Politics is to be accepted, but in wartime one expects a bit of national interest first.