The savage attack in Woolwich must not shake our resolve The terrorists will never win, because they can never beat the values that we hold dear. That was David Cameron's response to the barbaric scenes that shattered the calm of a south London street yesterday afternoon, with a British soldier being hacked to death by two assailants in broad daylight. The news that the Queen intends to continue with a planned trip to the Woolwich barracks sent much the same message. While it would be premature to reach any firm conclusions, the Government appears to be treating this as a terrorist incident: the fact that Theresa May, the Home Secretary, responded to the attack by calling a meeting of Cobra, the Government's emergency committee, as well as receiving a detailed briefing from MI5, suggests that this was no ordinary murder. The atrocity certainly fits al-Qaeda's blueprint for home-grown terrorism, whereby its supporters have been urged to carry out individual attacks, rather than trying to undertake sophisticated operations on the scale of the July 7 bombings. It will be cold comfort to the family and friends of the dead man that the call by al-Qaeda leaders such as Anwar al-Awlaki - the cleric killed by a US drone strike two years ago - for sympathisers to carry out individual outrages was, in large part, a reaction to the success of our intelligence and security services in disrupting more elaborate and more deadly plots. Perhaps the most poignant detail that emerged yesterday was that the victim was apparently wearing a "Help for Heroes" T-shirt. In the face of a previous threat, from Northern Ireland, it was decided that soldiers would not wear their uniforms when off duty. This may have made them safer, but it had the unfortunate effect of creating a feeling that the Armed Forces were somehow distanced from society, confined to their barracks along with the spirit and values they represented. One of the most welcome developments in recent years has been the rebuilding of the connections between our soldiers and the citizens they protect, whether via the tributes to the dead of Afghanistan paid in Royal Wootton Bassett or the unstinting generosity shown towards such charities as Help for Heroes. If it transpires that Islamist terrorists have indeed taken a grisly revenge for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, there will need to be an urgent review of current security arrangements for all military personnel. But we should also remember that the Prime Minister is right. Britain's enemies, both within and without, want to destroy not just our lives but our values - including our pride in and support for the Armed Forces. And that is something they will never do.