I hope the increase in terror is linked to the fact that we many countries in the world have declared all out war on them. I hope engaging them in the short run will prove to be the right thing to do in the long run. I have to admit that I believe that appeasing them allowed them to gain tremendous power worldwide. Thinking we can negotiate with people who truly believe that we are all infidels and need to be exterminated. I prefer facing them head on as we are attempting to do as opposed to hoping they will like us if we leave them alone.