From Britain, The Telegraph reports that "According to police sources, 25 British-born Muslims are currently in Yemen being trained in the art of bombing planes. But most of these terrorists did not acquire their crazed beliefs in the Islamic world: they were indoctrinated in Britain." The editors ask us to consider another a hypothetical scenario:

"Suppose that, in several London universities, Right-wing student societies were allowed to invite neo-Nazi speakers to address teenagers. Meanwhile, churches in poor white neighbourhoods handed over their pulpits to Jew-hating admirers of Adolf Hitler, called for the execution of homosexuals, preached the intellectual inferiority of women, and blessed the murder of civilians. ...Jihadist Islamism is also a murderous ideology, comparable to Nazism in many respects.... Yet because it arises out of a worldwide religion - most of whose followers are peaceful - politicians and the public sector shrink from treating its ideologues as criminal supporters of violence. Instead, the Government throws vast sums of money at the Muslim community ...."

The editors conclude with a powerful understatement: "This policy - supported by all the main political parties - does not seem to be working." It is hard to argue with that.

Meanwhile, at long last Western public opinion is reaching the conclusion that America should be supporting the opposition movement in Iran. Here's how the editors of the

Washington Post, for example, conclude their lead editorial yesterday:

"The administration has worried excessively that open U.S. support might damage the Green Movement. Now President Obama has publicly taken sides, and the battle inside Iran has reached a critical juncture. It's time for the United States to do whatever it can, in public and covertly, to help those Iranians fighting for freedom."

Better late than never, I suppose.