Does anyone really believe that these many people who have been subjected to this relentless bombing by Western nations would continue to just take all this pounding and destruction and not react in any way? Do we think that they would let this continue to happen and just meekly submit to these attacks; and that they would never get to the point at which they said, "enough is enough" and "we're not going to take it anymore?"
European nations have had a massive influx of refugees, hundreds of thousands of them, pouring into their countries, fleeing for their lives and, unfortunately, within that mass of refugees there are going to be more than a few very revenge-minded individuals who will be determined to commit terrorist acts.
The irony of the situation is that some of these countries currently accepting these refugees previously took an active or supportive role in the U.S. government's bombing campaign in Syria.
The lesson to be learned is that when you commit acts of violence against other nations and their people you may be able to get away with it for some time, but there will come a time when they will come after you with a vengeance, seeking revenge. That's exactly what is happening today; and, right now, there seems to be no end in sight.
So those nations in Europe and their people who have become targets for these revenge-seeing terrorists have two basic choices that will determine whether these attacks will continue and cause more and more havoc and mayhem or if they can be ended in some way.
They can learn from their mistakes and decide that, what they have been doing in the Middle East all these years constitutes a terribly misguided and failed foreign policy; and then take concrete steps to reverse it. They can remove whatever military assets they have in Syria, Iraq and any other Middle Eastern countries. And they need to make certain that they never again interfere in the internal affairs of those countries.
If they adopt this positive policy then they will be taking the first major step toward solving this egregious problem. However, if the leaders of these countries continue to doggedly take the position that they are not going to change their policies and actions and that they can solve this problem by using massive force to crush these terrorists, they will ensure that their citizens will continue to live in a state of fear and paranoia.
Michael Payne
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