IP: This is war, and it will demand our steel: London Times

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Herb Schorr <schorr () ISI EDU>

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 2001
This is war, and it will demand our steel
MICHAEL GOVE
The West is dealing, once more, with an ideological challenge to its values
Yes, it is war. And there is no escape for our Audens. The West faces not 
an Agincourt, before which those who have not the stomach for the struggle 
may depart, but a total war into which we have all, already, been 
conscripted — by our enemy. It is only once we in the West appreciate the 
scale and nature of the threat that we can be certain appropriate action 
will be taken. We must appreciate four factors — first, this is a struggle 
born of implacable totalitarianism not neglected grievances; secondly, our 
vulnerability is a consequence of progressive national weakness; not an 
arrogant projection of strength; thirdly, soft words will not now turn away 
wrath; and lastly, our unsheathed sword, while it must be terrible, cannot, 
sadly, be swift.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,252-2001323217,00.html



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