On overreactions...............

     How then do terrorists manage to dominate the headlines and change the political situation throughout the world?  By provoking their enemies to overreact.  In essence, terrorism is a show.  Terrorists stage a terrifying spectacle of violence that captures our imagination and makes us feel as if we are sliding back into medieval chaos.  Consequently states often feel obliged to react to the theatre of terrorism with a show of security, orchestrating immense displays of force, such as the persecution of entire populations or the invasion of foreign countries.  In most cases, this overreaction to terrorism poses a far greater threat to our security than the terrorists themselves.

-Yuval Noah Harari,  Homo Deus:  A Brief History of Tomorrow