Don’t politicise terrorism, for it is a global problem

“Terror is not a new weapon. Through history it has been used by those who could not prevail either in persuasion or by example. But inevitably they failed – either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves came to realise that free men cannot be frightened by threats and that aggression will meet its own response.” JF Kennedy’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 1961.

Terrorism is a global problem the entire world is grappling with. It’s neither permanent nor an inevitable condition. It has not been caused by any one individual or government.