The only solution to end this is economics.<p>Where people are not economically well off, these will happen, people are terrorists for a reason and it wasn&#x27;t because their life was great.<p>We left Iraq susceptible without a Marshall Plan like economic effort after the military effort like we did in Japan and Europe after WWII. We downgraded the quality of life and that is not the direction things need to go for peace. The downgrade in quality of life fueled extremism even more.<p>A peaceful place is a comfortable place and usually the cornerstone of that is an economy where everyone can participate and succeed, the government is secular, and bombs aren&#x27;t being dropped where you live.<p>There is nothing you can do to combat terrorism other than make a better life for the people susceptible to it and maybe they will decide it is not worth it. When people are comfortable they are calm. Bombs create more terrorism and gang like tribal attacks on both sides.<p>Our strategy in Iran (and Cuba) is actually the best one we have going.  Allowing people to live and let live and prosper as long as there is a mutual agreement not to attack. This worked in Japan, Germany and other places that also had idealogical control that was overly strong.<p>We&#x27;ll need a smarter economic plan for places we deal with.  China is an emerging world power and their trade routes and economic benefits they bring will win out if we don&#x27;t get back to building up after tearing down.<p>It looks like this idea is out there in some circles [1]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.com&#x2F;mideast-marshall-plan-syrian-refugee-crisis-after-paris-terrorism-new-calls-invest-2186208" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.com&#x2F;mideast-marshall-plan-syrian-refugee-...</a>