Most policies accept terrorist activity as a valid reason for canceling a trip only if the act occurred in a city on your itinerary within 30 days of your scheduled arrival.
In fact, through its forbearing approach, the country has come to accept terrorist strikes as the ostensible products of its unalterable geography or destiny.
But to be resigned to this is to accept that terrorists' exhortation – that European lives are not yours.
And not many third countries are going to be willing to accept a terrorist suspect.
"It was a message to the world, quite frankly, that under the guise of fake reforms of the Palestinian Authority -- like Saddam Hussein reforming -- that there is an effort to force Israel to accept a terrorist state on its borders," he said.
They became victims, both of the terrorists and of overzealous sections of the media, which accepted the terrorists' definitions of Islam and imposed them blindly on Muslim communities living in the UK.
The opera is based on the idea that the "root cause" of Palestinian terrorism is Jewish sins; it accepts the terrorists' account of grievance and offers no alternative.
I do have to wonder what's wrong with a movement that accepts admitted terrorists back into its fold, as the anti-abortion folks did with Cheryl Sullenger, a woman who served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to bomb an abortion clinic.
It may be difficult for most Americans to accept, but sometimes terrorists act out of sheer hatred and desire for revenge against our great country.
He says if we were a "mature nation," we would accept that "some terrorists are bound to get through," and we would be more willing cut government agencies some slack.
