"Eyes Wide Shut"--Sleepwalking Through a War

John Daniszewski, writing in the Los Angeles Times this morning ("London Can Take It!"), somehow managed to find a way to sum up the entire political divide over the "war on terrorism" in one paragraph:

"It is one thing to face the future stoically," (historian Max Huston) suggests, "but not with eyes closed. Even if Britain does not feel it is at war, the people who are bombing it do, and so it is necessary to be on guard."

That, in a nutshell, is the whole point. The terrorists are at war with us and know that they are at war with us. Britain, Western Europe and Americans have not yet figured that out. Until we do we will be sleepwalking and in complete denial of the seriousness of the reality which we are facing....or, more precisely....the reality which is facing us!

Lord, keep us from the following description of Americans as cited in another LA Times article today written by Doyle McManus ("Afrter Flaggin Support Second Wind for Bush"):

The effect of a single event on public opinion--even a major terrorist event--is usually temporary.

People are worried about terrorism, but the edge comes off their concern as times passes, said Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center..

We cannot allow the "edge" to "come off." Whether we believe we are at war or not....those who wish to destroy us have no doubts whatsoever.