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What makes a threat, say ISIS, get to the level of existential threat, let's say to France?

Asked by flo (13313points) November 18th, 2015

Someone (not in the article below) was saying what happened on Friday (129 dead and hundreds injured) is not an existential threat
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/13/world/europe/paris-shooting-attacks.html?_r=0
I don’t know if the person really believes it or not, but another person was saying yes it is existential threat. What is the level of threat that makes a threat existential, say in this case?

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