The fact that we even have knowledge of a world with this many attacks is unique in history.    As efffective in creating terror that their name imply's, those are not incidents of global wars between any of the superpowers.

And yes, hope sometimes can be found in the middle of a dung pile.   The fact is that most of our generation and even more so in the next, consider violence as a poor way to rule a country and an unjust way to solve conflict.  That's new in Western history.

That doesn't mean there aren't exceptions of course Motley.     But I've watched young people in my circle of friends/family travel to Laos, Vietnam, Combodia and they traveled with other young people from other parts of the world.   The young woman never felt unsafe and returned in great heath and an amazing experience.        That wouldn't have seemed possible even 20 years ago.

Nobody said it would be easy and I'm fully aware of the need to keep a strong military for national defense.