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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Britains are reacting with uncharacteristic emotion to soldier's murder

Map of the Commonwealth of nations. Based on I...
Map of the Commonwealth of nations. Based on Image:BlankMap-World6, compact.svg with information from List of members of the Commonwealth of Nations and colour scheme from Image:Commonwealth of Nations.png. Commonwealth of Nations members Suspended Commonwealth of Nations members (Fiji) Former Commonwealth of Nations members (Ireland and Zimbabwe) British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/world/europe/grief-and-political-reverberations-after-british-soldiers-killing.html?ref=terrorism&_r=0

England continues to pay the price of a global empire, long after that empire has disappeared.  The Commonwealth, with its open-door immigration policy, resulted in a diverse population that includes Islamic radicals.


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