Prime Minister Blair has just given a short speech. His basic message was one of resolve- the terrorists will not destroy our way of life, they will not win. It was a short message indicating that Britain will not be cowed by terrorists.
He also took the time to thank the Muslim Council of Britain and to point out that though this was an act of Islamic terrorism, most Muslims are appalled by this violence. I was pretty shocked to hear this to be honest. Last time the IRA attacked mainland Britain I don't think the PM came on to say that they didn't represent all Nationalists in Northern Ireland. Perhaps he's afraid of massive reprisal attacks being carried out on the Muslim community but as these didn't happen even after 9/11 I don't know where that fear is coming from. Immediately after his comments the BBC presenter (Huw Edwards), in summing up his comments, said Blair had said though who committed the attacks were not genuine Muslims. Well, no he didn't actually. Those words came right out of Edwards mouth. I guess this is in line with dhimmi-BBC guidelines?
Update- Huw Edwards just repeated this "not genuine Muslims" comment and I began to wonder if my ears were deceiving me. This is what Blair actually said,
"We know that these people act in the name of Islam but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims both here and abroad are decent and law abiding people who abhor this kind of terrorism every bit as much as we do."
Not quite the same thing.
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