Stingray24 wrote:
I thought it should be abundantly obvious from my post that the terror attacks in the US have not increased, but the terror attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc have because that is where the conflict is occurring. It's not rocket science folks . . .
Only a negligible occurrence; of outside (not home-grown); terrorist attacks in the US before 9/11...
Heritage Foundation:
North America has had the lowest concentration of international terrorist attacks. Only 15 were recorded from 1995 to 2000
In the years 1990-1994 and 1996-2000 only 8 people in the US were killed by terrorists.
It is overstated as a threat - THAT IS FACT - and that is how you promote irrational fear.
It is overstated as a RISK in life.
Heart disease
699,697
Cancer
553,251
Diabetes
71,252
Alzheimer's
53,679
Suicide
29,423
Homicide (not counting terrorism)
16,774
Terrorism (..9/11..)
2,953
Deaths per year (averaged-out for 10 years):
Auto accidents
42,000
Homicide
16,000
Weather-related
611
Fall from a ladder
317
Fall/drown in bathtub
312
Terrorism
287
Consider the reality of the real risk in life vs cost - as a ratio...
usmarine2007 wrote:
topal63 wrote:
It is overstated as threat - THAT IS FACT - and that is how you promote irrational fear.
Include embassies and ships in port?
Even including attacks on US citizens / military personal / embassies; outside of the US; the average RISK does not RISE significantly as a statistic.
Last edited by topal63 (2007-03-02 12:17:20)