More deaths in NY if attacker had gun

IN THE WAKE OF Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York, which killed eight people and injured at least 11 others, US President Donald Trump has called for an end to the visa program that the terror suspect used to enter the country. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Reports said the man, who drove a pickup truck in a Lower Manhattan bike lane mowing down cyclists while yelling "God is great" in Arabic, had been planning the deadly attack for weeks.

The attack does not mean the United States' crossborder terrorism efforts overseas have not been effective. The US-led anti-terrorism wars have basically crippled the ability of international terror groups to launch massive attacks on US soil.