In the depraved minds of terrorists, each attack has its own simple logic; the latest shootings, for example, are revenge by Al-Shabab for Kenya’s intervention in Somalia’s civil war. But all of the recent attacks share a new tactic – to create shock by exceeding what even many of the most hardened terrorists had previously considered beyond the pale.
在恐怖分子的卑鄙思维中，每一次袭击都有一个自身的简单理由；比如，最近的枪击事件是青年党对肯尼亚干预索马里内战的报复。但所有的最近袭击都包含了一项新策略：通过让许多最死硬的恐怖分子此前都感到无法接受的暴行制造冲击波。他们渴望通过引起公众对他们所作所为的激愤获得知名度，他们甚至将暴行影像向全世界展示。