Fuck man, let's give them reasons to "retaliate".... The USA had a great day on April 15th 2013. This was one of the darkest days in modern history folks. It gets worse from here.
Are you serious? How does this compare at all to oh I don't know: the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand which started WWI; the day that the Russian Communist Revolution began; black Tuesday; the day that Germany and Russia invaded Poland; or how about all of the days when a one country invades another; what about the Berlin Olympics; or when the IRA became active; what about the millions of genocides, famines and other disasters that happen all over the world daily; 9/11; or the invasion of Iraq. We live in a dark fucking world.
I did say modern, by modern, I mean the past 30 years. And I also am talking about the implications on the rest of the world by single peoples actions. Famine doesn't start globabl thermonuclear wars. Bombings in the strongest nation on the planet, and a helicopter crash that raises tensions in nation willing to self destruct to destroy other nations have far more importance then famines.
30 years ago the cold war was at it's peak, the risk of thermonuclear war was never higher. The NATO and the Warsaw Pact were regularly messing with eachothers affairs and were constantly building up their military might. Today we have a relatively small terrorist attack that most likely wasn't even caused by a major terrorist organization or foreign power because of how amature the bombs were (not saying it wasn't horrible) and a helicopter that crashed by a nation that may or may not have nuclear capabilities.
Ps. as far as history is concerned the modern era began in the 16th century during the European Renaissance