IDIOCY OF THE WEEKEND

“You don’t beat terrorists by bombing them. All you do is act as a very good recruiting agent for them because more young people then turn towards the terrorists, and you alienate the complete civil population because you bomb them. Do you expect them to like us any more than they do now, which is not very much. You beat terrorists by talking to them. It’s the only way you can do it.” – Mo Mowlam, former Blair cabinet member, urging a seminar with Osama bin Laden in response to mass murder.