It's an iterated game. And the only way to win is not to play at all. Once you get into the business of having your government spend trillions of dollars and d

It's an iterated game. And the only way to win is not to play at all. Once you get into the business of having your government spend trillions of dollars and destroying other countries in response to a couple idiots, you paradoxically make terrorism more likely, because shifts in policy accompany it. When no one gives a shit, there's no incentive for ideological terrorists to attempt any interesting attacks, leaving only the occasional madman.