THE LONDON UNDERGROUND THEN AND NOW

For those old enough to remember, London's subway system, known as the Underground, served as a safe haven and refuge for thousands of Londoners during the World War II blitz.
During the Battle of Britain, German planes bombed London for weeks on end. The Underground tubes offered protection to people from the hell raining down from Nazi planes. The ordeal of riding out a Nazi attack in the tubes is well documented in books, movies and drama, not to mention the countless archived photographs of frightened civilians hoping for the all clear sirens.
But that was then and this is now.
In contrast with World War II, today the London Underground was a place of death and horror. Within the tubes that once sheltered people, today's terrorists set off their bombs. It was a bizarre reversal of times gone by.
There is no need to review the level of depravity and hate that fueled Nazi Germany and resulted in bombings from the sky.
There is an intense need, however, for everyone to recognize the new level of depravity, cruelty and hate that motivates today's band of savages. Until there is a unified recognition of who and what the enemy are, that enemy will continue to inflict death and destruction wherever it wills. So long as the enemy senses that civilized people are not united in the war on terror, the enemy will be planning on how to put the next targets in its sights.