enjoying too much success or having too high a profile can lead to an overpowering counterreaction by the state or, at the other extreme, the collapse of state governing structures that a terrorist group may need. Not all groups want to bring down a government, especially if it provides useful services and if the group has no interest in replacing it.28 The short-term goal of terrorism may simply be to attract members, publicize the cause, and survive, so as to pursue a long-term ideological change.
