First, all these attacks at tourist sites will inevitably result in decreased tourist revenue so, for the Muslim terrorists, it’s at least a twofer–spread terror, while also depressing what is a major source of national income for many countries.

Second, not only are British Police not usually armed, but I wonder how many Americans know that in some of the countries of Europe, the UK included, it is a prosecutable offense to criticize Islam. You can be arrested, tried, convicted, fined, and jailed, as some people have been.

Authorities in the UK now admit to having 23,000 potential Jihadis on their watch lists, with 3,500 of them of “special concern.” Moreover, in the wake of the recent attacks in Germany, it was said that security forces needed an estimated 60 people to keep track of just one suspect on a 24/7 basis.

Figure it out, the Brits are totally overwhelmed.

Moreover, so reflexively PC is England that in one of the videos of the London Bridge area bar where one of the Muslim attackers came in and stabbed a woman, and patrons threw chairs and bottles at him, someone also hurled an anti-Muslim epithet at the knife wielder, and was immediately told to stop it by one of the other patrons.

Finally, I note that yesterday on FOX a former Jihadi, in commenting on the London bridge attack, said that these attacks had now become so frequent and serious that what the UK is facing (and probably all of Europe, too, I’m guessing) is now an “insurgency” i.s. what is becoming a full blown attempt to overthrow the social order and government.

If things have indeed gotten to the stage where we are facing an insurgency, then we in the West will have to resort to anti-insurgency tactics, which will be far, far stronger and more violent that anything that has been tried so far.

I saw that P. Neville-Jones, the UK Security Minister has recommended (in the media) that all UK cops carry firearms. In the wake of the latest attack, is it true that PM T. May has stated her preference for the status quo?

Police here do not typically patrol in 2s or 3s unless immediately after a tragic event. Given current circumstances, anyone rapidly approaching a cop without hands up should be considered a leathal threat. Micheal Brown learned that lesson the hard way.

In Paris you often see security patroling in groups of 2, 3, or 4 as a routine precaution. In the incident under discussion, I suspect there was a lack of situational awareness. Whether acknowledged or not, this is unconventional warfare.
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Yes, I know.

The point is that, although the first victim of the attack may not have time to defend him/herself (as was the case here, as well), other officers nearby can shoot the perp in fairly short order, if they are armed.

See the ADDENDUM to the post.

They really do seem to be living under an illusion about civility, etc. Or maybe it’s simply John Bull stubbornness.