Paul's Blog of Wisdom

I kind of wish I were in Europe now so that I could see how they like suddenly being the center of the war on terror. It's obvious that Europeans' attitudes to the war on terror have changed dramatically in the last 6 months to a year. With the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh being killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie about the conditions of Islamic women, the bombings in London, the recalcitrance of Iran over its nuclear program in the face of European negotiation attempts and now the cartoon controversy, Europeans suddenly feel like they're every bit as much under attack as we are. Do you know what? They are every bit as much under attack as we are. In fact, they have been for a long time. They just haven't realized it until recently. To this, I say "Welcome aboard the war on terror, Europe. It's good to have you finally."