Terrorist's goals are to drive a wedge between societies so they can exploit the fallout for recruiting and support. It's like when car bombs go off in front of

Terrorist's goals are to drive a wedge between societies so they can exploit the fallout for recruiting and support. It's like when car bombs go off in front of holy shrines in Iraq, the terrorists want reprisals to happen so they can operate in the violence and fanaticism that erupts after. Somewhere are people who helped planned the Paris attacks who are dismayed the French public didn't immediately firebomb all visible mosques in revenge to spark chaos.