Fighting Terrorism... The Right Way?

There's lots to debate about how to handle terrorism. One thing's for sure, it's not the way our country's chosen to do it.

The British on the other hand, when not caving to the Bush Administration, seem like they might have it right, or at least right-er.

Morning Edition, August 14, 2006 · The British government says the country's terror-threat level is taking a step down from "critical" to "severe." The slight improvement comes days after more than 20 people were arrested for an alleged terror plot against airlines. London continues to suffer flight cancellations related to the increased security.

They seem to be taking the "Get in, get it done, get out" approach, which, since the subway bombings, seems to have worked for them.

I think they've got the idea. They got the intel, they did their job, put out the alerts to keep people's at(tension) high, and then lowered them when they thought the risk passed. Meanwhile, we're stuck here with color coded duct tape.

I guess the next three months will tell how many more terror alerts we need to suffer through, and how the panicky national security moms deal with it at the polls.