No, I don&#x27;t know what to do. Presumably neither of us are experts in counterterrorism or experienced in military strategy, which technically makes both of us naïve.<p>I disagree that draconian monitoring of Muslims in general is accurately described as &quot;targeted surveillance.&quot; Targeted surveillance means intelligence gathering on specific individuals or groups of individuals, not entire religious-ethnic populations.<p>I also see no a priori reason why broadening the scope of surveillance to require monitoring of more than 50 million peaceful citizens would be an effective use of intelligence resources.<p>I could come up with some naïve suggestion of my own, but they would probably be too radical for the leaders of the Western world to consider. Western diplomatic apology for illegal wars and terrorism in the Middle East could be one part.<p>For a hopefully less naïve perspective, I&#x27;ll link to this interview with professor Chomsky.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZW_5WmusqY0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ZW_5WmusqY0</a>