Assuming that this was an Al-Qaeda organized or inspired attack, I’m not sure what they thought they would accomplish. The British are not going to run and hide anymore than we did after 9/11. This is, after all, the nation that produced this man.
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” — Winston Churchill, 1940
You said it.
