What would John Smeaton do?

Apparently we're not allowed to refer to "muslim terrorists" or "islamic terrorists" any more. The reason behind this is that British muslims feel alienated when terrorists are described as exclusively muslim, and are therefore less willing to assist anti-terror efforts by, for example, providing information to the security forces.

Am I the only one that finds this absurd? There is a perfectly good reason why terrorists are described as muslim; it's because that's what they are. They are muslims and it is the muslim religion which morivates them to carry out their crimes. There is a clear link between the current plague of terrorism and islam.

Now, maybe it's true that islam is opposed to the killing of innocents (although a read of the koran would suggest otherwise) but British muslims have to wake up and smell the coffee.

It's not enough any more to mutter a half-hearted condemnation of the latest atrocity then shift the blame to British/American/Israeli foreign policy. Quite bluntly, there are two legitimate positions that anyone who lives in Britain can have on UK foreign policy. These are:

1. Support Britain's foreign policy and oppose, condemn and fight against islamist terrorism.

2. Oppose Britain's foreign policy but oppose, condemn and fight against islamist terrorism.

Living in Britain but supporting al Qaida, the Taliban and the bastards who bomb British cities is NOT an option. If all these fuckers in their squalid little extremist groups feel so strongly about British troops in Iraq then they should fuck off to Iraq and do something about it there, on the clear understanding that if they are captured and identified as a British passport holder they will be shot out of hand as a traitor to their country.

I also suggest that anyone resident in the UK who fights against British troops anywhere in the world should have their passport revoked, and all right of entry to the UK permanently removed, as soon as their relatives report to the police that young Kafeel or whatever has run off to join the jihad. Any of their friends or relatives who know this and fail to report it should be permanently deported from the UK, and all their assets seized as compensation for the families of soldiers killed in action. Any British resident involved in a terrorist act in the UK should be hanged as a traitor and their assets likewise seized. Any friends or relatives who were aware of their involvement and did not report it should be permanently deported and have their assets seized.

Western culture is under sustained attack. Anyone who cites the Iraq debacle as justification has their head up their arse; bin Laden started his crazed jihad long before the 2003 invasion. This terrorist campaign by islamists is not about foreign policy or anything like that; it is an attempt to destroy and subjugate our society. All moderate British muslims have to realise that in the battle against islamist terrorism, if they are not with us they are against us.

There is no contradiction between being a devout muslim and living in the UK, and it is possible to do so productively and happily - as long as you realise that in Britain secular, not religious, law is what counts; that Britain has its own, long-established culture which you must respect and which yours must not interfere with; that your fellow Britons expect, rightfully, that your loyalty will be to Britain and not her enemies; that islam does not and should not occupy a central place in British society and it would be arrogant and unwelcome to argue otherwise; and that Britain is not an islamic country and that at least 98% of the population are implacably imposed to it ever becoming one.

On a personal level, I really have to wonder why someone who supports sharia law and the wrapping of women in bin bags would choose to live in a secular Western democracy.

In conclusion then, I would suggest that if you hear anyone, from deranged radical imam to politically correct Nu-Tory spokesman, say that islamist terrorism is a response to poverty, racism, Iraq or anything else apart from islamism itself, do what John Smeaton did:

"So I ran straight towards the guy, we're all trying to get a kick-in at him, take a boot to subdue the guy."