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I voted no for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, the terrorists aren't stupid. A failed attack actually gives people a boost in their feelings of safety. Number one priority in any attack is to successfully carry it off. The likelihood of success, as we near the election, gets smaller as security is stepped up.
Second, when people are expecting an attack you need to carry it out on a massive level to instill a significant level of terror. If people shrug it off with a "I knew they would" you're only helping people to become accustomed to the act(s) and future attacks will need to be even more massive to garner the same attention.
Third, the attack will have to be clearly a terrorist action or the government and press will play it off as an accident or a case of a single lunatic. For terror to blossom it needs attention. Attention from the media, attention from the public, and attention from the government(s) it's trying to influence.
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