&quot;I&#x27;m arguing that, if you don&#x27;t want to be on the receiving end of terrorist attacks from ISIS, the best way to do that is to stop bombing them.&quot;<p>Thus validating the terrorists&#x27; approach.  They use fear as a means of control and, according to your argument, it is an effective approach.  I don&#x27;t know what the answer is, but I do not think that allowing marauders to wander around the world staking claim to peoples&#x27; land is acceptable.  Much less when they commit so many atrocities along the way.<p>If the choice is to: a) stop bombing and be hopeful that the terrorists will go away or b) try to stop the raping, murdering, and other atrocities via violence... I know where I stand.