Now the chief predator in the axis of weasels has itself been threatened by Islamist terror. France has received a letter, apparently from an Islamist group, threatening to plunge it into 'terror and remorse'. So much for the canard that such terror is 'revenge' for the coalition's attack on Iraq; France was of course the chief appeaser of Saddam's regime from which it reaped such commercial rewards. The letter may of course be a hoax, but it's not surprising that the French are taking it seriously. For it mentioned 10 February 2004 several times - the date France passed the new law banning Islamic headscarves from schools.

'Since that date France had "joined the list of most ardent enemies of Islam", it warned. It called the "veil ban" a "declaration of war to the Muslim world" and called on Mr Raffarin to withdraw it. It also mentioned the victory of Charles Martel over the Moors at Poitiers in 732, Mr Esperandieu said.'

In other words, every perceived slight to Islam is rolled together with a historical precedent to justify the annihilation of innocents. Let's spell this out even more clearly for our appeaseniks: caving into terrorism does not save lives. Au contraire: these terrorists will always find another pretext for their death cult, whose aim is nothing less than the restoration of the ancient Caliphate and the subjugation of all heretics, infidels and unbelievers.