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Source: http://www.the-american-interest.com/2015/11/16/paris-the-new-normal/
Paris: The New Normal
(American Interest) Walter Russell Mead - Regardless of what kind of response the West ultimately launches, military efforts in the wake of the Paris attacks will not spell an end to terrorism. Nothing we do after Paris is going to make the jihad go away. We can (and we should) crush ISIS. But we can't change the reality that jihadi ideology is alive and well, feeding off the discontent and disempowerment felt so widely in the Islamic world. To survive and to thrive, the West will have to become more like Israel: guarding ourselves constantly against a threat that can't be eliminated. Paris simply reminds us that, like the Israelis, we live in a dangerous world. The peace and security of the Western world all depend on the vigilance of our security forces and the competence of their leaders.