I've got to confess that I don't see what the big deal about this story is:
American defense chiefs faced condemnation last night for banning U.S. airmen from entering London, the Uk's DAILY MAIL will report on Tueday.
All 12,000 members of the U.S. Air Force stationed in Britain have been told not to travel inside inner London because of the risk of further bomb attacks.
The news provoked fury from British MPs who pointed out that the UK had been America's staunchest ally in the wake of September 11.
They said it handed a symbolic victory to the terrorists.
What am I missing here. This seems a perfectly reasonable step to me. It's probably not what I would have done, but I don't understand what everyone's so hot about.
It's a symbolic victory for the terrorists, and it was a pretty knee-jerk reaction to boot. We didn't restrict military from Ground Zero, and we certainly aren't restricting them from other, far more dangerous places in the world.
The UK has been one of our biggest allies in the WOT, and to restrict our troops from an area that brings in so much tourism was a bit of a slap in the face.
The Pentagon overruled that order within a day.
Posted by: Ian | Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 05:42 PM
I'm still not seeing it.
Posted by: Jeffrey Collins | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 06:52 PM