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"The terrorists have won if [something silly happens in America]" Not really. It is political and military pressure on certain countries with high birth rates
by UweSchmidt 14y ago
"The terrorists have won if [something silly happens in America]"
Not really.
It is political and military pressure on certain countries with high birth rates and weak economies that radicalizes young men - lift the foot from their neck and see them be as indifferent/slightly dismissive towards our lifestyle/religion like we are to theirs.
Airport/aircraft security seems to be part of a trend of law enforcement in the US: harsh punishments for minor crimes, "tough on crime", zero tolerance etc.
Sorry if I missed some sarcasm.
- emn13 14y agoPerhaps it wasn't their aim; but it's certainly a victory: they caused society to start punishing itself in some quixotic overreaction. The billions of travellers since the attacks are now constantly nervous - not of an attack anymore because the odds of that are so vanishingly small you don't seriously consider it - but of saying or doing something that some over-eager security policy has irrationally branded dangerous. It's like passing a pack of dangerous animals: you never know what's going to set em off, but whatever you do don't draw attention. So yeah, they have won. It's not hypothetical; it's a fact of everyday travelling life.
- calinet6 14y agoIf we're to believe certain statements and quotes from the most famous terrorist around that I won't mention, it was exactly their aim.
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