That is the thing that I'm afraid of.Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley
However, I don't believe it would be the case as the IRA threat was not quelled by troops, thoughts of revenge and gung-ho action. It was mainly done through talks, deals and patience.
I would hope that our experience of that would mean that the UK would not go down the route that the US has taken but would be rather more cerebal about matters and try to act upon the cause of any bombings (foreign policy) instead of trying to root out and kill every terrorist in the world, because that can never happen.
The emotion of revenge is a strong one, granted, but as a country I don't think we have the same mentality as that in the US. We don't think that we can take on the world and win, there is also the case of being a 'junior partner' to the US in anything military, which rankles with many.
All in all I have enough faith in our society to believe popular opinion would be to address the political cause rather than to attempt an exercise in futility - which more military action would surely be.
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