&gt;We can bomb Daesh, which only encourages more to join their cause.<p>I disagree. If they have a unfettered region to recruit from, they can and will recruit. For one thing, recruits have a place to go. More than that, they also have a place to trade and traffic weapons, drugs and oil from. They have a place to plan global attacks from.<p>Taking away a safe heaven makes it harder for them to do business. Right?