Canadian Politics Today

Yes, it's hard to beat an idea that gets stronger with every bomb.

And I'm not sure where you're getting the number of casualties from.  What are you basing it on, attacks on westerns nations?  Including 9-11?

If so, that one event would skew the numbers substantially.

If you include terror attack in the middle east, it's definitely worse now than ever.

I'm speaking of terror deaths in western countries.  There were several major attacks, such as those in London and Madrid m,id last decade that don't seem to be possible now.  Events now are generally much smaller, if no less tragic.