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 pjc50 on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:19AM (#10636111)

The best respone to a terrorist attack is to treat it as normal crime: take basic precautions beforehand, leave the police to investigate and arrest afterwards, and everyone else get on with their lives.

The UK's response to terrorism in Northern Ireland was very much more localised and stiff-upper-lip than it seems to be in response to Islamist terrorism. Similarly in the US nobody gets in a panic about the numerous white supremacist terrorists. Even spree killings have become normalised with "there's nothing we can do", due to reluctance to question the 2nd amendment. Not to mention that if the US wants to get involved with fighting murderous extremists that threaten stability, the Mexican cartels are much closer and just as dangerous.

Getting involved in the Syrian civil war is instead just going to turn into a proxy war against the Russians, like 70s Afghanstan.

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by chongli on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:49PM (#10638365)

Similarly in the US nobody gets in a panic about the numerous white supremacist terrorists

That has more to do with cognitive dissonance and tacit approval than calculated strategy. White supremacy is the dominant culture in the US. Violent acts are continually explained away as "isolated incidents" by the "mentally ill", a convenient escape from the hard job of inward reflection and decolonization.

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