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From "The Christian Science Monitor"
In wake of Paris attacks, how much security is enough?
Paris — An evacuated airport in London, spot inspections of vehicles in Belgium, semi-automatic rifles at top tourist sites: Europe has immediately stepped up security in the wake of the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris that included suicide vests and the indiscriminate killing of almost 130 people.
As details emerge about who was behind the attacks at six locations in Paris Friday night, and how they were able to pull it off, governments are questioning holes in their own intelligence and whether more powers need to be granted to control potential suspects.
But the rampage in Paris, which stood out for its marauding nature and disparate targets, also raises an unsettling question. Can Europe command control of such an attack, amid geopolitical forces sweeping the Middle East. And if so, at what cost to the freedoms many on the Continent cherish?
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“The immediate reaction of Parisians was to build groups, and say ‘I’m not afraid,’ ” he says. “It is a very good reminder of what Europe stands for. Because otherwise you declare defeat.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/1115/In-wake-of-Paris-attacks-how-much-security-is-enough
In wake of Paris attacks, how much security is enough?
Paris — An evacuated airport in London, spot inspections of vehicles in Belgium, semi-automatic rifles at top tourist sites: Europe has immediately stepped up security in the wake of the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris that included suicide vests and the indiscriminate killing of almost 130 people.
As details emerge about who was behind the attacks at six locations in Paris Friday night, and how they were able to pull it off, governments are questioning holes in their own intelligence and whether more powers need to be granted to control potential suspects.
But the rampage in Paris, which stood out for its marauding nature and disparate targets, also raises an unsettling question. Can Europe command control of such an attack, amid geopolitical forces sweeping the Middle East. And if so, at what cost to the freedoms many on the Continent cherish?
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“The immediate reaction of Parisians was to build groups, and say ‘I’m not afraid,’ ” he says. “It is a very good reminder of what Europe stands for. Because otherwise you declare defeat.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/1115/In-wake-of-Paris-attacks-how-much-security-is-enough
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I do believe the statement the more global ISIS becomes, the more accomplished they feel.
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COL Ted Mc
MAJ Ken Landgren - Major; It question isn't "How global a REACH can ISIS develop?" because it already has a "global" reach. The question is "How much control over our own lives are we going to ALLOW ISIS to have?" - since ISIS is totally incapable or ruling the whole world unless control is surrendered to it (and even then it isn't going to have much effect if the individual people don't want it to have one).
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MAJ Ken Landgren
I wish you would have stated that question: "How much control over our own lives are we going to ALLOW ISIS to have?"
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