Later Bar Hours and the Terrorists Win

There's been a lot of discussion here in Springfield about the appropriateness of granting 3:00 am liquor licenses to drinking establishments in the city. But what we have failed to recognize is how such decisions impact the War on Terror. Over in Britain they are giving it some thought. Josh Marshall reprints a letter in the Times of London:

Effects of new drinking hours

Sir, I turned teetotal having seen, as a barrister, many lives destroyed by alcohol: those of both otherwise law-abiding citizens, who committed acts of violence when drunk, and their victims.

...my many Muslim friends also see large-scale loutish alcoholism, and the society which permits it, as decadent.

Allowing pubs to open round the clock will increase Muslim disaffection and support for those fighting such decadence. Extended drinking hours may cause more terrorism.

ANDREW M. ROSEMARINE
Salford, Manchester

So see, the more we drink the more motivated the terrorists get. I think Alderman Judy Yeager needs to add this arrow to her quiver.