[bilbo0s]

>* identify what led them to that point in their life and start addressing those problems...*

Here's the thing, people been doing this for literally MILLENNIA now, there is no way to identify everything that will drive extremists to kill. That's the essential problem with that philosophy. Even where you are able to identify the core issue, say for instance the religious divisions in the MidEast region, there is really no way to address the core problem. It's just far easier to engage the extremists, than it is to convince Christians, or Jews, or Muslims, to NOT be Christians, or Jews, or Muslims.

Extremists will just never be placated, and we shouldn't put too much effort into trying, because that gets people killed as well.