RE: There is no such thing as war on terrorism

Oh, please.

It is illegal to deny the holocaust but it is perfectly legal to deny the tens of millions of deaths ordered by Stalin.

Utter hypocrisy. It is the fault of Belgian and UK politicians certainly, but I would expect even a hardline Jew to admit that Stalin was as bad as Hitler.

On a different note, the issue of saying that bin Laden cannot be negotiated with just because he uses terror to achieve his aims.

Well, I said a similar thing about Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness a few years ago. And I was wrong; we talked and by and large, the violence from the IRA was significantly reduced.

The point was made that Islamic and “European” terrorism is totally different and the tactics are also totally different.

I don’t see how.

In any terror organisation, you will find a small caucasus of hardliners headed by Mr. Big.

Between them, they whip up hatred and desire to act, amongst populations.

The ONLY way to beat this is by removing the root cause of animosity felt towards you. Chopping the head off gets you a temporary reprieve at best.