November 17, 2015

"After the brutal terror attacks in Paris, France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called for the 'dissolution of mosques where hate is preached.' Earlier this year, French authorities said 'Foreign preachers of hate will be deported [and their mosques] will be shut down.' The reiteration is taken by many as a renewed demonstration of France's tough response to the attacks.

The tougher the stance France shows, the more embrace it will get from the public. Likewise, after the September 11 attacks, the US Congress rapidly passed a bill to launch war in Afghanistan and later, the ousting of Saddam Hussein won bipartisan advocacy. But reality shows that after attacks, the agitated Western society tends to overestimate the effects of fierce retaliation and underrate the complexity of the origins of terrorism."

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