[logicchains]

>What other measures do you actually propose?

If the US really wanted to stop terrorism it could achieve that just by pulling all its troops out of the middle east. Islamists aren't just coming to the US to blow themselves up for the fun of it, they're attacking the US because it has soldiers and military bases occupying most of the middle east.

[zaphar]

I'm sure that's part of it. But a clear eyed reading of their own religious beliefs and proclamations shows that they are also quite intent on converting the entire world over to their religion or else slaughtering. I'm not sure your suggestion is enough. How would you encourage the hard line believers (also most likely to become terrorists) to abandon that belief system?

I'll note that part of their complaint is also that we export our culture via economic methods. Would you also withdraw from all interaction with areas they currently control including humanitarian and immmigration? This would prevent people of that cultural heritage who live here from sending aid to those societies legally. And this only barely touches on just how complicated this all is. The discourse around much of all of this is full of motivated thinking on both sides and a massive amount of oversimplification of the problem.

[trash_cat]

You left the combatting child exploitation part out. How does pulling troops from ME will achieve that?