Ramadan has barely gotten started and already 149 people are dead in attacks in Kabul, Baghdad, Manila, and elsewhere. This count does not include the 7 who were murdered by terrorists last night on London Bridge and at the London Borough market. Jennifer and Deanna kept us updated here, and Kim made some excellent points about freedom and political correctness.

As the families of those killed in London mourn and 48 others strive to recover from their injuries, it is worth noting some of the responses to this most recent terror attack. First, the Mayor of London said terror attacks are ‘part and parcel’ of big city living, not long after the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. Fast forward to 2015.

Where we lead, others follow. David Cameron, we can & must do more. #refugeeswelcome https://t.co/VJ6rGD7FQc pic.twitter.com/VExt4prRUO

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) September 3, 2015

And in 2016:

https://twitter.com/Ginlefebvre/status/871148760042266624

What has happened since May of 2016? Westminster, Manchester, and now London Bridge. When are the British going to regain their spine? When are they going to tell their leadership at all levels that “tolerance” and political correctness towards so-called refugees and anyone espousing Islam isn’t working? When will the leadership realize that appeasement Neville Chamberlain style didn’t work in the 1930’s and it most certainly won’t work now? Will the Mayor of London wake to the knowledge that terrorism is a far greater danger than climate change? Don’t hold your breath.

Perhaps Prime Minister Theresa May finally gets it.  

The Prime Minister packed a great deal of information in an 8 minute statement.

As terrorism breeds terrorism and perpetrators are inspired to attack, not only on the basis of carefully constructed plots after years of planning and training, and not even as lone attackers radicalised online, but by copying one another and often using the crudest of means of attack.

We cannot and must not pretend that things can continue as they are. Things need to change and they need to change in four important ways.

Key highlights are as follows:

A. Cannot defeat terrorism and it’s evil ideology of Islamic extremism by military and counter-terrorism practices only

B. Take away terrorist “safe spaces” on the internet that help this evil breed.

C. Seek out and get rid of the real world safe spaces the terrorists hide in.  That includes destroying ISIS Syria and in Britain

D. Review counter-terrorism strategy, update where needed, and provide more resources to combat this threat.

Was this attack finally the last straw? Are Britain’s leaders heeding their countrymen who’ve been sounding the alarm for years? Will they really hold firm to Prime Minister May’s statement?

But it is time to say ‘Enough is enough’.

Will they learn? Will they heed the lessons of Churchill? Will they truly understand what the great Lady Thatcher said in 2002?

The events of Sept. 11 are a terrible reminder that freedom demands eternal vigilance. And for too long we have not been vigilant. We have harbored those who hated us, tolerated those who threatened us and indulged those who weakened us. [Emphasis Added]

The indulgence and tolerance towards those who threaten to destroy all that Britain and the free world stands for has only served to embolden the terrorists, not weaken nor appease them. Lady Thatcher was correct, vigilance on a political correctness scale could ruin us all.

The elections in Great Britain are just four days away. Prime Minister May faces an uphill battle as her lead was cut from 12 points to 1 just prior to yesterday’s terrorist attack.

Will all of Britain stand up and say ‘Enough is Enough’ and MEAN it? Will the appeasement of terrorism come to a screeching halt? Will Britain regain it’s spine? I certainly hope so, but until Britain recognizes that protection of British citizens must take precedence over the country’s mortal enemies, then they are lost.