[tome]

I'm sure they don't laugh at us running around like idiots throwing away toiletries, getting strip-searched, and shuffling through security barefoot while someone ogles our naked bodies in another room.

I don't entirely understand the individual psychology behind terrorism, but I'm absolutely certain that it isn't so they can laugh at us when we're in the security queue.

[ErrantX]

You've missed his point slightly. It is not that they are literally laughing..

But the point was - terrorists aim to provoke fear and discord; blowing up a passenger aircraft is pretty terrifying, but causing anger, fear frustration and discord on an international scale can be just as good. And all they have to do is get a bomb (even a useless, utterly ineffective one) onto a plane every few months.

Bureaucracy does the rest :)

[rdtsc]

In some places an evil bureaucracy won't be above using its intelligence services for a couple of "false flag" ops. They'll have them plant a bomb or two every 5-6 months. You know, just so to keep a healthy dose of fear running through everyone's veins.

[DuncanIdaho]

These terrorist are trying since forever to destroy the Democracy! And our brave officers are holding them back proudly.

We have located their base of operations and its Eastasia.

[tome]

I disagree. I'd rather see one million people inconvenienced by taking off their shoes than see one person killed by a bomb. I think the terrorists are the other way around.