“The twisted aim of the extremists is to use violence and terror to divide us. They will never succeed.”
In reality, the aim of Islamic jihadists is to destabilize non-Muslim governments in the hope of ultimately establishing an Islamic state. But May’s statement isn’t just the usual meaningless blather that ineffectual leaders say after an attack of this kind. Her assumptions here are worth examining. She is assuming that jihadis want to “divide” Britain. How could they possibly divide it? Into Muslim and non-Muslim camps, you see. How could they do that by driving cars into crowds of civilians? Such attacks could make people suspicious of Muslims, you see, and lead them to think that inundating Britain with Muslim migrants wasn’t really a very good idea. And then her allegedly united Muslim and non-Muslim Britain will be divided. So what she is really saying here is that her government is going to do all it can to make sure that no non-Muslims think ill of Islam. She is not saying that she is going to do anything to prevent the next jihad attack.
Note also that she refers to “extremists.” She uses this word for both jihad terrorists such as Salih Khater and those who are trying to resist their operations. She is implying that the jihadis and the foes of jihad are equivalent terror threats. (The Southern Poverty Law Center does this as well.)
Aside from her actively murderous fellow totalitarians, Theresa May is one of the most vile individuals ever to become the head of government of any country.
“Theresa May says terror threat to UK remains severe after Westminster attack,” by Joe Roberts, Metro, August 15, 2018:
Theresa May has said the terror threat to the UK remains severe as she urged the country to carry on as normal in the wake of the attack on Parliament.
In a statement, the Prime Minister praised the ‘formidable courage’ of the emergency services who ‘ran towards a dangerous situation in order to protect the public’.
She added: ‘The threat to the United Kingdom from terrorism remains severe.
‘I would urge the public to remain vigilant but also to come together and carry on as normal, just as they did after the sickening attacks in Manchester and London last year.
‘The twisted aim of the extremists is to use violence and terror to divide us. They will never succeed.’…