Donald Trump Jr. criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan following the city’s deadly terror attack Wednesday for saying in September that terrorism threats are a part of urban life and officials must prepare accordingly. : Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan https://t.co/uSm2pwRTjOKhan’s remarks were taken out of context this week, but they do reflect a pragmatic view of counterterrorism efforts. The other camp favors rhetoric calling for the eradication of terrorism ― a goal experts say is unlikely to come to fruition. Braniff said Khan is right to prepare for future attacks as an inevitability. For as long as we’ve had dynamite, we’ve had terrorism.”Benjamin said American politicians would be wise to follow Khan’s example, noting that gun violence kills far more Americans annually than terror attacks do.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2017 16:53 UTC