If you won't listen to us. . .

From The Brussels Journal:

A quote from “Internal Security vs. Terror Threats,” an official report published by the French government

[S]ince Europe is closer and more accessible to the Middle East than the United States, it serves as an alternative to anyone seeking to attack the ‘distant enemy.’ Europe contains a variety of appropriate targets, some of which are connected with the United States and with Israel, and a strike on one or more of these targets would draw huge international attention. [...] [S]ome of the conflicts in the Middle East are mentioned extensively in the rhetoric uttered by the Islamist terrorists. However, the resolution of these conflicts would have no effect on ending global terror, which is functionally disconnected from these conflicts.

Perhaps since this comes from the French the American left will believe it.