July 2005: Remember the London bombs

The UK has seen its share of terror lately.   

Back in July 2005, London woke up to subway bombs. 

On that day, London learned that the suicide bombers were not foreign terrorists but local residents.

This is what we learned about the killers from Daniel Johnson:

"One of the suicide bombers, Hasib Hussain, aged 18, had recently returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca, having become a devout Muslim two years ago and grown a beard. According to friends," he never came across as any sort of fanatic."

Shahzad Tanweer, 22, was a cricketer, who apparently told friends that he disapproved of the attacks on America of September 11, 2001.

A third bomber, Mohammed Sidique Khan, was married and had become a father eight months ago.

A fourth man, whose remains are still being identified in the grisly forensic operation in the subway deep below King's Cross station, probably came from a similar background." 

My guess is that most European leaders are scared that they may be next. 

Every European capital has large numbers of these young men. 

Every European country has mosques blasting violent messages to vulnerable young men like the ones who killed the innocent in London.

I guess not much has changed, or gotten better, since that July 2005.

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July 2005: John Roberts was a good choice

Back in the summer of 2005, President Bush made an outstanding choice for The Supreme Court.    Judge John Roberts had an excellent background and was well respected.

Unfortunately, the Democrats could not let go of abortion or other liberal issues.   They kept asking hypothetical questions about how he would opine on this or that.  

It wasn't that long ago that Judge Ginsberg was nominated by President Clinton and refused to answer specific questions.  Then Senator Biden did not have any problems with that.  

Our judicial nomination process is way too politicized.   It's not good for the country.

Speaking of The Roberts Court, there is Justice Scalia.

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July 1, 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg began on this day

The Battle of Gettysburg began today in 1863.    It was a brutal battle to say the least.   

"Gettysburg" was the largest military conflict in North American history.  The epic battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.

Years later, a good movie was made based on the book “The killer angels“.

 

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