Some of the places that host terrorists <i>arent countries,</i> they&#x27;re messes. They do not have anything close to a Westphalian state, they are a regional coalition of tribes and alliances that call themselves a country for a UN vote and IMF funding. Libya, Iraq, Afganistan, the list goes on.<p>National militaries are there to solve problems, but in the long run, only mercenaries can contain them.<p>It&#x27;s not just America either. Ethiopia and Kenya would be much better off paying mercenaries that keep somalia&#x27;s disfunction and terrorism at bay. You can fly in, bomb, invade, whatever, but eventually it becomes a politically unsustainable war.<p>Mercenaries are just an expense, and they know it.