I'm sitting here thinking about it, and I'm wondering, has terrorism ever actually achieved the desired effect that the terrorist intended?
Instead of causing fear, Islamic terrorist attacks usually cause people to band together like 9/11. They actually create courage, not fear. Yes, there will be more security than before, but people are still going to visit the Christmas markets in Berlin. That won't change.
Now let's look at this new guy. Does he really think Muslims are going to stop moving around the world because of his actions? It will ultimately be pointless because, in my opinion, TERRORISM IS NOT EFFECTIVE. Why people keep trying to make it work, I can't understand. Maybe it is just a narcissism thing.
9/11 worked perfectly from the terrorist standpoint. They fundamentally changed our nation, which is what they were going for.
The result of 9/11 was the creation of one of the largest bureaucracy in the history of the government, a bill ironically named the PATRIOT act which gave the government the right to spy on us to keep us safe, a right the government wasted no time in using and is still using today. We all comply to being groped if we wish to fly.
Congress gave up its power to wage war to the executive branch.
We gave the executive branch the power to ignore the constitution and imprison anyone that wish, including citizens, for as long as they wish without the right to trial or lawyer.
We invaded a sovereign nation that had nothing to do with 9/11 which cost the lives of far more Americans than the terrorist killed and injured 10 times as many.
We are a different country than we were before 9/11, I would say they got the desired effect.