Want to Reduce Terrorism? Stop Invading Muslim Countries.

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Autocratic forces are ascendant in America. But truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

Here’s an interesting study. An Oxford researcher compared military intervention in the Middle East to the number of Islamist terrorist casualties by country. Unsurprisingly, the correlation was positive:

The sample size is small, the correlation is so-so, and this result wasn’t peer-reviewed. That said, it sure looks as if the answer to Islamist terrorist attacks is to stop invading Muslim countries.