Terrorism isn’t as big as you think

You are likelier to drown in the bathtub than be killed by terrorists, but in that case your death will not be 'news.'

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service convoy moves toward Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. Gwynne Dyer writes that, outside of the Middle East, terrorism is not a serious threat to people's lives. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 4, 2017

LONDON, U.K.—London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on London Bridge: eight dead. Barcelona in August: 14 dead. Five mass-casualty terrorist attacks in Europe in six months, and all but one (Manchester) carrie...

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