60% Fear

“In a worldwide poll commissioned by the BBC World Service found about 60% of those polled had an overwhelming belief that the Iraq war has increased rather than decreased the chances of terrorist attacks.” Is this because the terrorists have won? In the event that this polling service is correct then terrorism is winning. Terrorism is of course a crude but successful method of creating fear. Therefore we have entered a situation where war and destruction, by coalitional and US forces, have actually increased the terrorist strangle hold on the public, writ large. Imperial and proactive warfare has backfired.

The purpose, I am assuming, was to end fear and the corrosive effect terrorism has on public security as well as personal saftey. Thus terrorism is now feeding on a meal which has long been basting. The corporate media relations, the beheadings and daily suicide bombings have instilled in the public a sense of fear and dread. So total victory will come when democracy is established or fear is conquered? The plot thickens...