> but as soon as you start doing this there really isn't an end in sight.
That's based on the flawed assumption that people just are out to get you.
People are out to get the US to a large extent because of how much the US has been meddling all over the place.
Stop the one sided support for Israel, and stop supporting Middle Eastern dictators, and don't invade any more countries, and a large part of the recruiting-basis for islamic fundamentalists for actions against the US would start falling away pretty quickly.
> In wars between states, you can negotiate, but in wars of ideology/religion, that's not so easy.
It might not be so easy, but it is far more effective than military actions that breed new generations of people who hate you for ever person you kill - whether a legitimate target or "collateral damage".
That's based on the flawed assumption that people just are out to get you.
People are out to get the US to a large extent because of how much the US has been meddling all over the place.
Stop the one sided support for Israel, and stop supporting Middle Eastern dictators, and don't invade any more countries, and a large part of the recruiting-basis for islamic fundamentalists for actions against the US would start falling away pretty quickly.
> In wars between states, you can negotiate, but in wars of ideology/religion, that's not so easy.
It might not be so easy, but it is far more effective than military actions that breed new generations of people who hate you for ever person you kill - whether a legitimate target or "collateral damage".