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This explains why I was far more worried in the 1970s/80s then I am today about being caught up in a terrorist incident.

• Bakary 9y ago
  Do you remember how the coverage of terrorist attacks was handled in those days? Looking at the graph, I can't help but think that even the peak of yearly casualties is a rounding error compared to the other types of threats facing Europeans.
  • observation 9y ago
    Then I believe you would be mistaken. Terrorism isn't warfare, it is a strategy. The object is to get two groups to conflict aka sectarianism. I'd say Islamic terror coupled with MENA mass migration is well on its way to producing low intensity civil conflict in countries such as France. Examining the civil wars in Lebanon and Syria will likely reveal a series of escalating attacks before they broke out proper. You're saying the spark from each struck match is not meaningful. I agree, but we're at Gas Station across the street from the Dynamite Store!