After another major terrorist attack in Brussels fear is once again rampant of an attack on America.  The fear has lead to policies being suggested by Donald Trump that could never be implemented like the barring of Muslims from the United states.  Fear of terrorism has however led to other expensive policies like the invasion of Iraq.  President Obama was recently cited saying that more people die falling in their bath tubs every year than form terrorist attacks.  Although this does not mean terrorism is not a serious issue, it could be argued that terrorism has been overacted.

Another issue that could have far more long term effects than terrorism is global warming. Yet global warming has been consistently ignored by presidential candidates like Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Brussels is a city a less than 100 feet above sea level meaning that global warming is risk there.  James Hansen of NASA released a paper the same day of the attacks stating the earth the effects of global warming were rising faster than predicted.  This paper went largely ignored while the attacks on Brussels were focused on immensely and leading for immediate calls for policy action to the president.

-http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/opinion/terrorists-bathtubs-and-snakes.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGlobal%20Warming&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection&_r=0