Two things come to mind here.

One was well put by Benjamin Franklin when he said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety".

The other is the obvious issue, conveniently ducked by this Globe editorial, of whether or not Islam or its extreme variant Islamism, is compatible for any length of time with western liberal values such as democracy, secularism, tolerance and equality.

Thus far, the evidence suggests that it is not.

The last hope that that a state run by Islamic leaders might actually be able to embrace democracy and other western liberal values was Turkey.

Not anymore.