It doesn’t take much to spread terror. You don’t need fancy weapons or a network of co-conspirators. All you need is a truck, a homemade bomb, a knife or an axe to inflict maximum fear. Only one thing is certain. The terrorist attacks won’t stop. Jihadism is a movement that has metastasized around the world. Jihadis do not depend on Islamic State for support, and jihadism will probably survive after IS has been defeated and replaced by something else. The problem of self-radicalizing young people who find self-actualization in destruction will be with us for many years to come. But whether moderate pragmatism will prevail is very much in doubt. An end to immigration, mass deportations, harsh restraints on civil liberties – all are possible. What happens in Europe could make Donald Trump seem like a nice guy.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-darkness-over-europe/article31220210/
