Monday, September 19, 2016

Terror-ists

We sometimes forget that the main object of terrorists is not necessarily to inflict damage, but to inculcate fear. It is not so much what happens as what might happen. Hitler was able to do that with continental Europe, but not with Britain. In fact, in his first important speech as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said that their nation's object was "victory in spite of all terror."

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