Love is not enough

Aren't you proud to be British? I knew I was when I read that Baptist peace activist Norman Kember (former hostage kidnapped in Iraq in 2005) had offered up bail money to liberate Abu Qatada (variously described as "Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man"; "a seriously dangerous individual"; "the spiritual leader of al-Qaeda in Europe" whose writings are frequently cited by Sunni terrorists; who had strong links to the shoe bomber; who is wanted on charges of

terrorism in eight countries and was jailed in 2002 for fundraising for extremists and offering spiritual advice to terrorists).

Isn't it a wonderful world where those who are held captive can in turn become the liberators? Where grudges aren't held, where life is lived from the heart, where love begets love, where forgiveness is the only currency?

There are only two problems with this: the first is that Kember's good deed might perhaps help Kember, but it's unlikely that it will safeguard the Infidel in general. Or even just the British Infidel. The second