Our nation’s security has become an overriding priority in our times. It’s distinct from the Second World War, the last time we were threatened in a fundamental way.
Such fatal threats as these don’t come along that often, and even though it again shocked the nation into full scale military mobilisation, it’s not believed it’s on the horizon.
The reality is there’s life after death. The insecurity of the world order is constituted by insidious efforts on all fronts. The necessity to work by partnership is undermined by it.
Fighting hard
The old war militias of our past, that peppered the landscape and brought about some safety but a lot of animosity, are something now out of date. They are beyond use.
The necessity to account for the movements of people is beyond a shadow of a doubt the main concern right now. The illegal activity at Dover is just one example of it.
It’s also vital we confront the insidious threats posed by groups that continue their activity apart from signature acts of terror and violence that aren’t the point of it.
Terror at home
Most of terrorism takes place against people at home. The incursions into Israel, and its bombardment, is not the aim. The point is to attack people in their living space.
The training videos, the threats, and the statements are all designed to make us feel afraid. The nature of lone actors is to make us fear for our lives. The rest is history.
Future fights
All the groups pushed to prominence are the issue. The gangs of South America, as well as American Mafia’s, and crime Barons in Russia, are all a threat. They are our enemies now.
The successful will win our sovereignty. It’s possible today to leverage such political realities for further gain. The defence of our shores, and of our communities, is a way of life.
The historic attempts at our shores – some successful, and some not – are a model for us. It helps to know what it takes, but our learnings make us see what follows after it’s tried.
