Western nations shouldn't get too comfortable

The Germans were surprised by the discovery of bombs in their subways since they opposed the war:

A Lebanese student suspected of planting a train bomb that failed to explode had contacts in Hamburg, authorities said Tuesday, the latest link to the northern port city where three of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots prepared for their attacks.

The planned attack here stunned Germans who thought the country's vehement opposition to the Iraq war would insulate it from becoming a terror target almost five years after the attacks on Washington and New York.

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Where Germany before Sept. 11 was seen as a relatively comfortable base for terrorists to live and operate — but not a target — that is no longer the case, said Kai Hirschmann, deputy director of Essen's Institute for Terrorism Research and Security Policy.

"Intelligence agencies and police are now very much trying to arrest them ... and the scene is under constant surveillance," Hirschmann said.

Germany is also seen as being on the side of the U.S. and Britain, despite its opposition to the Iraq war, for helping train Iraqi police and military outside the country, taking a large role in operations in
Afghanistan, and making other contributions to the so-called "war on terror," he said.

In the failed train bombings, the evidence points to poorly trained radicals not closely linked to terrorist networks, Hirschmann said.

See, this is the problem with thinking that terrorists are attacking because of the war, it leaves you unprepared for an attack. No western nation is safe, even those that didn't support the war or who support Israel. This is about a worldview, a way of life. This is about living out what you believe. Islam is at war with the West and therefore no one is safe.

And even nations like France, China and Russia who are openly supportive of Iran will find out that they are also targets because the final solution is the domination of Islam. When Iran gets their nukes, then their current allies will see that they've been played.

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