Post hoc ergo procter hoc

There is a growing threat in the Middle East. It is a religiously motivated, violent and often state-sponsored terrorist organization. It doesn’t have an official name, there is no central leadership that can be highlighted or targeted and its victims are almost always civilians. They will not negotiate, they will not capitulate, they believe that they are on a mission from God and that whatever means they employ are justified, regardless of who is hurt or what is destroyed. They are loosely known as…