Line o' the Day

Their proposition that we should let the extremists win in Iraq and that will reduce terrorism is like saying, let Hitler take France and that will secure things a bit more. Or that if only we hadn’t taken on Hitler he wouldn’t have bombed the East End. It’s a completely fatuous proposition. For the extremists, it’s fantastic that people are saying this —because the logical conclusion is to surrender. -- Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, on those who claim the Iraq war has made the world a more dangerous place (hat tip: PrairiePundit and Larwyn)