One may lament the state of things in the US after 9/11, and be justified to so to some extent. The thing I want to lament however, is the near zero insight int

One may lament the state of things in the US after 9/11, and be justified to so to some extent. The thing I want to lament however, is the near zero insight into the dynamics and logic of terrorism: in essence, that this is what terrorists want. Terrorists want to strike fear into normal citizens so that they ask for revenge - and more protection. Which results in draconian measures that paves way for authoritarianism which leads to more recruits for the terrorists (on all sides). And so a vicious circle takes off. We are being played, essentially. In some distant future maybe this logic could be taught in primary schools, so that society could be forever inoculated. Sadly such a vaccine seems a long way off.