The American people don't understand what happened in Paris.
This is the status quo for terrorism. This is literally gang warfare in the name of Allah. It never stops. When one is killed there are half a dozen others that will avenge the death. I am not joking. Islamic war is about retribution. Why are there always Islamists killing each other? There is no such thing as peace. Entering Iraq began a war without end.
NATO needs to decide how best to end the war that is now in it's second decade.
It is an absolute mistake to accept the idea this is "The New Normal." We have no new normal, that would mean The West will be at war inside it's own borders forever.
This has to end.
Europe never participated in the killing in Iraq. France is an easy target. France has violent Islamists within their borders. What happened in France was Daesh's proxy war with the USA.
Islamist views emphasize the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law); of pan-Islamic political unity; and of the selective removal of non-Muslim, particularly Western military, economic, political, social, or cultural influences in the Muslim world that they believe to be incompatible with Islam.
These violent people are Islamists. They are not jihadists. Jihadists is not a name, it is a method of warfare. Jihad is the identity of an Islamist. Jihad carries out acts of war. Being a jihadist is like saying they are soldiers. Jihadists are ordered by holy men to act. The purpose of these attacks is best defined as Islamists. They have goals. An Islamist is a personal identity dedicated to bring about a different world including economic and political dialogues.
Jihadist = Soldier
Jihad is a form of warfare.
Suicide bomber is a form of warfare.
What good did the NSA do anyone? When government organizations exist for the purpose to exist, it does not solve problems, it causes problems. The mission of the NSA is absent. The people VESTED in the existence of the NSA will only add a faux sense of security. The Congress and the EU have to decide to close electronic communication at their borders or in the case of the EU at the borders of the organization.
The countries involved have to reclaim their sovereign right to protect the citizens. I don't know a country that does it better across the internet than Pakistan.
