In those parts of the world, they don t have the phrase bomb scare. They just have bombs that go off without a happy warning, which means there is no safe place. For college students in these areas, the decision to go to school that day is not based on whether or not that history paper is finished, but rather based on how far the fighting is from the campus. We do have bomb scares here in America and to us that means little more than there will be long lines at the security check in the airport. Getting where we need to go is not the main concern, but rather how long we will have to wait in line.
Convenience is more of a concern than safety.
In America, we are prosperous and peaceful enough that we have the luxury of making decisions based on how we feel instead of what is going on around us. We have our battles, but those are not with other countries. They are internal. Our battles are against drugs, alcohol, kids with guns, adults who abuse children, preventing people from starving and providing healthcare. The battles seen on American soil are preventative with the purpose of bettering the social status of the country instead of attempting to harm the emeny.