So just for the purposes of argument, let's say that you made combatting terrorism a major part of your job. Such that you invoked it for causes both directly tied to combatting terrorism (better airport security, Invading country A which harbored terrorists), and for more than a bit more iffy (reducing civil liberties, invading country B which did not harbor the same terrorists as Country A). So its a big part of your self-declared job description.
And, just for grins, let's say that a report, that has been coming out annually for nearly twenty years, points out that the number of terrorist attacks is up. Way, way up. Even if you don't count any problems in Countries A or B.
Would you, perhaps, Stop Publishing The Report??
I don't know about you, but I feel safer already.
More later,