No FUD, thank you, we're British. (And Israeli, and German...)

[unixronin]

Britain and Israel say that the US system of color-coded "terror alerts" does little or nothing to improve public safety, and actually serves to feed the fear terrorists seek to inspire.  Funny ... this is exactly what many of us have been saying all along.

"The government will never hesitate to issue a warning if it is the best way to protect any community or venue facing a specific and credible threat.  Advice would be issued immediately if the public needed to take specific action which could make them safer," a Home Office spokeswoman said.

Kevin Rosser of Control Risks Group consultancy in London said Britain's approach "is not to make color-coded warnings, not to publish every possible threat, but work closely with institutions that may be affected to help them tighten security and address threats in the least disruptive way possible.

"The problem (with the American approach) is that it creates public anxiety.  If the goal of terrorists is to spread fear and unease then to some extent they've done that job for them without anybody carrying out an attack."

But then again, under the current administration, that's the idea, isn't it......?

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[dafydd.livejournal.com]

But then again, under the current administration, that's the idea, isn't it......?

Not that we'd ever even insinuate that the current Administration would advance the motives of terrorists for the purposes of reelection...

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

If you haven't already, go read today's Sinfest, the both of you... linkage on my journal, the first of the day today (i.e. at the bottom).

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Me? Insinuate?

No, I wouldn't insinuate anything.

I'll come right out and say in so many words that I think the crooked bastards would cooperate with a terrorist attack or even actually abet it, if they thought it'd further their long-term political goals more than preventing or stopping it would.