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We don't need to understand it; we merely need to destroy such sources of madness.
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An utterly pitiful approach to national policy. Using such an approach you will be playing whack a mole for decades and gaining zero ground.
I fully support going after those who conduct terrorist attacks and the nations which harbor them. The LONG TERM solution though must be understanding the driving factors, of which poverty and ignorance are certainly two, and properly countering them.
Killing every extremist will do nothing in the long run unless the systems that generated them are changed with the will of the people. All that will happen is new extremists will take their place. Education and Prosperity are the key to long term change.
Sadly there are many knee jerk reactionaries who think it is impossible to effectively prosecute such terrorists with lethal force while also working to understand their motivation and change the system.