[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, which war is this?
Are our uniformed soldiers deployed?
We, the people, the ordinary people of this country did not sanction a war.......I don't recall any newspaper headlines which told us we were at war.

How do we know the enemy, when the enemy does not abide by the rules of engagement, by the Geneva convention??

If this is war then are we to fear every muslim that we see on our streets?
How are we to recognise the enemy?

I understand your post, and the points you make....but I do not agree that ruling by terror is just, that beheading hostages(or would they be prisoners of war)on camera is lawful according to the rules of war.

Divide and rule......and the rule by fear is always an uneasy one.