Brits better at handling terrorism, say New Oxford VC. But is someone angry?

by Benson Agoha | Forum

Someone in America seems to be going Grrrrr after a British academic claimed that Britons are better equipped to handle terrorism according to the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.

In a Fox News report Wednesday, Prof. Louise Richardson, outgoing VC of the University of St. Andrews and the incoming VC of Oxford University said the U.S. overreacted to the 9/11 terror attacks, adding that British citizens are better equipped to deal with terrorism.

Fox News Wrote:

The newly appointed vice-chancellor of Oxford University said that the U.S. overreacted to the 9/11 terror attacks.

Louise Richardson added that British citizens are better equipped to deal with terrorism.

She said “The British population in the course of the Troubles and violence in Northern Ireland proved really quite resilient, I think far more so than the U.S.,” Richardson said at a British Council conference. “And the scale of the overreaction in the U.S. to the 9/11 atrocity was reflective of the fact that it was such a new experience in the U.S.”

But a photo accompanying the Fox news report had "Shame U" boldly written across the lower part of the screen (above). 

As you can see from the attached video, Professor Richardson was speaking at a forum organised by the British Council in London, titled "Going Global 2015: Universities and Radicalisation."

Earlier,The Telegraph had reported the event like this, among others:

Prof Richardson, an expert on the growth of terrorist movements, told a conference that the most "combustible combination" for violent extremism was an educated workforce living in an economy that did not allow them to realize their expectations.

She said that although education did not eliminate terrorism, it was "the best antidote" as it did not allow for a black and white view of the world.

Watch the video below to hear Prof. Richardson's remarks.

by Benson Agoha (with contribution from Fox News, Youtube and The Telegraph).

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