This will be a very brief diary.
An Al-Qaeda affiliate, known as Boko Haram, has attacked yet another school in Nigeria. I know there are people who try to assure us that there is no reason to fear harm from terrorists, but I do not believe there is a good factual basis for such an assertion.
This diary is not about whether or not there exists a confederation between Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda. I believe Boko Haram is now part of the Al-Qaeda franchise.
This is not a diary about drones, torture or the long history of CIA misdeeds. I merely wish to question the notion that paranoia, not real incidents, is the driving force behind the United States' policies concerning terrorism. I believe there are good reasons beyond dueling statistics why we are not in a position where we can act only reactively.
More after the orange thang.
