Just a reminder of what we are fighting in this "terror" war, as Britain proceeds with the trial of eight planners of mass murder:

A group of British Islamists plotted to cause deaths on an "almost unprecedented scale" by blowing up transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives hidden in soft drink bottles, a London court heard Tuesday.

The eight men were almost ready to execute their plan to bring down seven aircraft simultaneously in mid-air as they flew from London to the United States and Canada when they were arrested, Woolwich Crown Court was told.

It is notable that all were British citizens, which just goes to show that the insane British policy of tolerating blatantly anti-Western mosques is disastrous and dangerous. Does that mean they will start giving these psychos the boot, or at least locking them up? Doubtful. Too bad Britain has no death penalty. They will probably be out on good behavior in ten years.

These men are also why we still cannot carry liquids onto planes. So even though their plot was foiled (they were arrested in 2006), they have caused a major inconvenience and expense for all airport security and passengers.

Now, ask yourself why again we are rushing to free all the lunatics held at Guantanamo? Just so they can go out and perpetuate these sorts of attacks. Because the ones who have been freed are already doing that (the Pentagon estimates over 60 have returned to arms against us, with multiple suicide bombers). I have yet to hear a coherent explanation as to why we should be granting these vermin constitutional rights and jury trials in the US, but common sense has never stopped America-hating members of the far-left. We can only pray that their efforts, often pro-bono, fail utterly, but our Justices at the Supreme Court seem interested in having them let loose on America, as that will be the inevitable result of these "trials". Another brutal high-casualty attack is all but a certainty at this point, at the rate things are going both here and around the world. These fanatical Islamists only understand brute force. Obama's outstretched hand is liable to be bitten off (ie by Syria and Iran).

And we would do well to always remember Orwell's old adage: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."