>As John says, such a terroristic organization could only gain traction if there is fertile soil to grow. Again take Ireland for example. Its poverty and hopelessness that are fertile grounds. Only, If you give them something they don't want to lose (often economical, social gains) you're able to weed out the evil roots of terrorism.
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>As for who's fault it is... is a difficult question. The western world certainly is not without blame. But the real question is how to build up a peaceful and successful middle east. The answer goes well beyond just a military defeat. You'll have to give them hope and something live for (rather than die). That is not necessary money that needs to come out of our pockets.
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>Give me a break. Every group of immigrant that ever came to this country faced those same obstacles because of prejudice. The big difference between all the other nationalities that emigrated to America and the Muslims is that the other nationalities wanted to assimilate. The Muslins do not. BTW, even though the other nationalities were discriminated against and had to work really hard to earn a decent living, they did not go around shooting innocent civilians.

Please... what a load of nonsense.

First of all Islam is not a nationality, its a religion practiced in a lot of countries around the world. Be ashamed of yourself making such a stupid generalization.
I work with a lot of US doctors, of which a number are well integrated Muslim. Or are we dismissing the well integrated ones?

As for assimilate the US... Give me a break. Hispanics have created their own culture in the south. Extreme religious groups like the Amish, Memmonites create their own little world in the US. And in each big city, also in the US, you have neighborhoods where speaking English gets you nowhere. First generation Asians are probably the worst offenders. And what about blacks? Up until the late 60's did not want blacks to assimilate at all. They were to be 2nd ranked civilians.

As for the shootings. Do yourself a favor and tell how many of the about 400 mass shootings THIS YEAR alone in the US were related to Muslim terrorism ?? That you had one last week doesn't make the other 399 go away does it ?