If you want to end up punching walls, cursing like a madman and then finally understanding why we can't win against the terrorist then go here and read this piece of garbage from the Atlantic.
Question.
If someone kicks in your door, and your family is at risk do you wonder why they're there? Do you wonder about their ideology or motives? Or do you simply shoot them in the face, twice in the chest and keep shooting till you're out of ammo, do a quick reload and keep shooting?
This is why I utterly despise Washington academics. This is why our State Dept needs to be ignored by our Defense Dept and we need to (militarily) prepare for diplomatic failure at every stage.
The King of Jordan gets it. Thats why he acted and spoke decisively about the threat. Even Egypt gets it.
The current administration doesn't.
That's why we will have wild animals rampaging thru the US soon. They want to understand the criminals instead of stopping them before they can hurt others.
Rant over.