India, Dec. 28 -- Every terror attack in the West is followed by the same evasive reflex. Officials insist the violence is "senseless" and "lone wolf" and blame it on "alienation" and "grievances." In the comfort of chosen blindness, commentators move to locate psychological explanations, which, in a sense, are mere justifications rather than truths. Media discourse bends over backwards to assure audiences that terror has no religion, no ideology, no civilisational imprint. This ritual is not accidental. It is a deliberate choice to avoid confronting uncomfortable truths. From Pahalgam to Bondi Beach, terror today follows recognisable patterns. The targets differ, the locations shift, but the ideological DNA remains strikingly consistent....