[spitz]

Australia has known for a long time the threat posed by their Northern neighbour and the 218 million muslims who live there. Perhaps some of the US troops in Europe would prefer to relocate to Australia rather than Germany? Australia would be hard pressed if attacked by Indonesia, and the US troops would have a better lifestyle.

[prairiebreeze]

**"The reality is that terrorism has gained a strategic advantage by turning the strengths of tolerant and open societies into weaknesses, and then striking at vulnerable points to devastating effect," it says.**


This is an astute observation. It's also interesting to me to hear about the concern that more cooperation and alliance with the US will lead to more terrorism. Perhaps. Ultimately though, if Western countries don't stick together on this, the terrorism will flourish regardless.