Man in a Shed: Denis MacShane is right on Islamists and terror

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Denis MacShane is right on Islamists and terror

Denis MacShane has an important article on facing up to what is the real cause of the current wave of terror - Islamism. Read it here ...

He has a point in his criticism of David Cameron saying we shouldn't use the word Islamist. But it is of course nothing compared to his own party's Mayor Livingstone's excuses.

However - I also maintain that the weakness we have shown against terrorism in Northern Ireland and Spain has shown in Madrid/Iraq has helped to encourage these psychopaths.

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