Preliminary thoughts on the London attacks

The fact that this man was 'known to MI5' is not proof of a 'failure of intelligence' as many ill-informed pseudo experts will bray, but merely demonstrates how difficult counter terrorism really is. MI5 and its partners have foiled 50 plots in recent years and to expect 100 per cent success is fantasy.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. In the immediate aftermath of this loss of life, perspective is important. Yes, this is a tragic event and lessons will be learned, but terrorism remains a rare event in the West. We need to emulate the British 'stiff upper lip' and more of 'keep calm and carry on,' writes Phil Gurski. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

March 27, 2017

OTTAWA—Residents of London have undergone yet another terrorist attack. The nation that survived countless IRA attacks and threats in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and which saw the carnage of July 2005 and the attempted beheading of a military member in Woolwich in 2013, is reeling from last Wedne...

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