Terrorist attack in France
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This makes things harder for counter terrorism. If terrorists operate independently and don't require special training (piloting a plane) or resources (e.g. explosives) how do you stop them before they attack?
The abysmal TSA performance data seems to strongly suggest the former, but I can already see some policymakers scramble towards the latter interpretation - we need more TSA, everywhere.
Everyone likes to paint bad guys as monsters, but they all started as little baby human beings just like the rest of us. Then something went wrong.
Lets fix those things that go wrong piece by piece and make this world a better place for everyone.
Apparently he was "a quiet, studious boy who was never in trouble but was sometimes bullied. Friends from his teenage years recall a highly Westernised young man who insisted on being called "Sid". After school, he worked in low-level government clerical jobs before leaving to study for a degree in business studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. "
Sadly your and my 'fix' is unlikely to be a fix for everybody. The 'fix solution' makes a very large assumption about shared values across the world.
From his description it is likely he was suffering from depression. He found a hook and tried to get out of the spiral by joining something he felt gave his life meaning and friendship. Just like someone joining AA, just like someone joining a local church or synagogue group. Sometimes people are desperate to just be with and around other people and they'll take what they can get.
With better mental health resources he would hopefully have been helped before he got to that state.
Remember, no monsters, just people.
Nor it's a wealth issue. Attacks happen all over the world, rich or poor. These guys are not desperate because they lack money.
Nor they are, in most cases, insane (although we tend to think so).
It's an indoctrination issue. They've been told who the enemy was, since they were little. They were told liberal values are despicable, the end of "society". And they've been told any means necessary to end with these values is valid.
You need to end the indoctrination, right from where it starts: the neighborhood mosque.
Easy. Stop them at the border.
One might think that mankind is just a bunch of stupid monkeys that happen to be very good with tools.
(Following huuu here; we don't know if it was ISIS or another group yet)
Nor would I describe that as terrorism; the nazi's were the elected party.
Of course, "tribes" have always painted their fight against the other tribe as God-approved. That doesn't mean that God actually plays a role.
This is dangerous because it troubles our thinking.
Oh boy… What a world…
Normally when someone failed in a company, it is fired. When a company failed in a market, it bankrupt.
In this sector (maybe it's the state level): more budget.
They would have done better to invest in the future of those stupid guys.
Sad.