Plans of Attack In Germany

September 26 in Germany two somali-born men left notes stating that they were willing to sacrifice themselves for "jihad". They were pulled off of the flight after being under surveillance for months. This happened right before there flight to Amsterdam. German police search their apartments and found "farewell letters". The men were fairly young, one was 23 and the other 24. The flight was delayed for 80 minutes after their luggage was found. Details of their exact destination an plain were unknown, but German counter terrorism is seeing a heightened risk of terrorism. This is due to German troops in Afghanistan. They were apart of a group called the Islamic Jihad Union that was accused of planning attacks against the U.S and Germany. These were not the first men to be aught that were from this group,last week two other men were caught planning attacks on Germany. Early this mouth there was an indictment on three suspected leaders of a plot that was arranged last year.
Okay, this is just way too much for me. My question that is occurring to me is that does terrorism really happen that often. And if so, the politics may need to be reviewed before we make a major decisions that effect other countries. This is a clear example of how a rush to pull the trigger may make other innocent people and soldiers at risk. Countless men and woman have been influenced and have died in our name to "stabilize an area". Meanwhile, major countries become targets and eventually they may miss the next threat they have.