Is that that 'irony' thing I read about somewhere?
Jeez, I hope so! Safety can have a cultural dimension but I don't think a return to colonialism is on the cards, at least not as a form of governance, so that we will have to work with what we have.
No killing of 'Kafirs,' if you please, since I am one of those myself at times. (It is an Arabic word meaning 'non-believer,' used by some as the 'n-word,' and usually not acceptable in polite society.)