Fight terrorism, yes, but don't be terrorised

THERE is one important reason why the deadly attacks by terrorists affiliated with ISIS on the airport and the metro system in Brussels on March 22 are so troubling: The authorities in Belgium had anticipated that radical Islamists groups would seek to afflict such atrocities sooner or later - yet failed to do anything to prevent it.

Much of the blame for the failure to locate and capture the members of the ISIS cell responsible for the murderous attacks in Brussels lies, of course, with the Belgian intelligence and security services. Indeed, media reports published in the aftermath of that act of terrorism …