Comment by Retric
19 hours ago
Terror is a tactic used by terrorist organizations, but it’s hardly the only thing they do.
“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Isn’t quite true, but publicity is inherently valuable to organizations dependent on outside donors. The Provos/IRA did similar things (attention grabbing and annoying) not just setting off bombs during the time of troubles.
The day that Americans open their newspapers to read that terrorist cells operating within our borders undertook a massive operation to plant Bluetooth devices on planes with the name BOMB is the day that Americans stop being concerned about terrorism form that group.
That’s just not how the general public responds after other terrorist attacks.
People flipped out over light brights years after 9/11 and well before the Boston Marathon bombing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic
Again, this was before the actual Boston bombing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing