You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things than terrorism (2013)

Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by mc32 on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:31AM (#10636008)

We by that I mean in the west, only see a small fraction of this particular terrorism. People in-situ see much more and are escaping and risking their lives to escape because it's so devastating.

Doing nothing would mean leaving the whole country to go down the drain with multiple generations scarred by war, atrocities, tribalism, lawlessness, etc. That's why advanced countries typically go in and try to tamp things out, sometimes the results are less than desirable, but doing nothing surely seals their fate --as it does to many countries in Africa (where international African forces nominally are in charge, but typically do little, are ineffective, corrupt)

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by TeMPOraL on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:35AM (#10636019)

Yes, my response was about terrorism in the West. What happens in the East is closer to a civil war.

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by mc32 on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:49AM (#10636043)

If you by "in the West" you mean domestic western terrorism... maybe. Still, in the US the FBI and other gov't agencies monitor those orgs because of the potential to escalate into an undesirable state.

If you mean middle eastern terrorism jumping over into the west, I think it's fair to say that if they could, they would strike, but the threat has been managed well with the security precautions in place, but that's not to say they aren't trying to overcome their shortcomings.

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