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Re: House Intel Committee Chair: US Is At ‘The Highest Threat Level We Have Ever Face
I've already explained this, statistically 9-11 was such a huge outlier, including it would have heavily skewed the numbers away from the reality before and after that event. To date, it's a one off event.
Also, when you start talking about numbers over 50, you're really just quibbling. Oklahoma was 168 dead... And that was just one of dozens.
The point is, frequency of attacks is just as big a consideration as casualty count where terror is concerned. So playing the odds... I'd say it's much more likely there will be several more domestic attacks before we see a foreign one... If we see another foreign attack at all.
The "new study" decided to start the body count AFTER 9/11/01, and their categorization of the politics of perpetrators since 9/11 is also questionable.
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
I've already explained this, statistically 9-11 was such a huge outlier, including it would have heavily skewed the numbers away from the reality before and after that event. To date, it's a one off event.
Also, when you start talking about numbers over 50, you're really just quibbling. Oklahoma was 168 dead... And that was just one of dozens.
The point is, frequency of attacks is just as big a consideration as casualty count where terror is concerned. So playing the odds... I'd say it's much more likely there will be several more domestic attacks before we see a foreign one... If we see another foreign attack at all.