&gt; thereby accepting the risk of us or our loved ones getting blown up or shot going while we go about our daily routine<p>A risk which is orders of magnitude smaller than the risk that you or your loved one will perish in your car. Smaller even than the risk you&#x27;ll choke on your next meal, or harm yourself putting your pants on tomorrow.<p>&gt; the choice is between doing nothing<p>It really isn&#x27;t. The alternative to bombing isn&#x27;t doing nothing. The alternative is politics, dirty, compromising international politics. Which, because it involves prime trading partners and sacred cow industries (like arms and energy), that&#x27;s less palatable than dropping bombs to most politicians, unfortunately.<p>And it is very very dubious that international bombing campaigns will even &#x27;do&#x27; anything positive for our security. I doubt anyone knows, but let&#x27;s not blindly assume that &#x27;doing something&#x27; by dropping bombs is necessarily equivalent to &#x27;doing something constructive.&#x27;