It sounds like we&#x27;re succombing fast to the fear of terrorism. I cannot understand declaring war: It&#x27;s reducing our civil liberties, bombing a foreign nation, spreading new hate and new orphan children, and accelerating our own economic crisis. Isn&#x27;t that the dismay that terrorists want?<p>If we were purely rational on number of casualties, we&#x27;d be working on preventing our own 2-nd generation immigrants from considering becoming terrorists, using better education system and economic development. Or we would just proportionally jail all smokers who kill as many people per day as terrorism in a year. So we&#x27;re not acting rationally, or the rationality of fighting back is taking over the consideration of the cost, and I&#x27;m not understanding why that&#x27;s so important.