To keep this relatively short: that area of the world is a fucking mess right now, to no small extent because of the misguided and self-interested actions of Western countries. The vast majority of the victims of that are simply humans, like you or me, whose world has imploded because they are from that area. It is not fair that it happened to them; they are no better or worse than anyone else, and yet they have lost everything. Even if we had no involvement and were nothing to do with the causes of the violence and destruction - which is not the case - the only human course of action is to do what we can for those suffering. As a Brit, I'm disgusted with the current government's pathetic level of involvement and commitment with helping the refugees flooding into Europe.

Paris was a tragedy. Lebanon was a tragedy. Every such attack is a tragedy. But letting it get the better of us, letting fear control our actions more than compassion? That would be the greatest tragedy of all. That's how we lose.