re: #17 Killgore Trout

Interesting thought but I don’t think they accomplish much good because they really can’t accomplish much evil effectively. These attacks are horrific but they really don’t have much impact and kill very few people.

They accomplish Fear.
Fear for oneself
Fear for ones spouse
Fear for ones children, grandchildren, siblings.

The wish to rule by fear and fear alone.
The Taliban ruled Afghanistan by fear
The Saudis are ruled by the royal family but it is the ‘moral police’ the people fear.
Iran is ruled by fear

Fear is a very very powerful weapon. Do not underestimate it.
And each of those ‘very few deaths’ had a family and/or friends.