Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
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> Öjevind Lång wrote:
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> > So the evil Muslims will cleverly smuggle an army into the Frankische Wald
> > (sneaking through all the lands in between) and then conduct war in there,
> > talking care not to leave the protection of the forest.
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> How about terrorist acts against infrastructure, especially in large 
> cities. Perhaps a hijacked airliner crashes into the Eifel Tower. Think 
> on 9/11 and wake up!

The French have had plently of practice at Counterterrorism on thier soil. 
As has most of the rest of Europe. There have been things like the Red 
Army Faction, Eta, IRA, UDA. Terrorism does not have the it can't happen 
to us shock value it seems to in the US.

-- 
Adam