This is a silly viewpoint. I say this not out of some white-guilt self flagellation, but because if we hold these silly Star Wars level beliefs about Islamic extremism, we will not be able to effectively fight them.<p>Young people join ISIS not because they are &quot;evil&quot; (what, are they Darth Vader?). They join because ISIS makes a compelling case that the world would be a better place if it was rid of western domination. I&#x27;m not saying we should try to prove them wrong by being really nice or something, I think it&#x27;s too late for that, but it helps to understand this.<p>ISIS gives them a clear path to rectify the situation. Terrorism is pathetic militarily, killing 100 civilians is no accomplishment. However it is brilliant strategically.<p>Terrorist attacks cause the western world to completely fly off the handle and give the terrorists everything they could ever ask for. So far, we&#x27;ve gifted them 3 countries (there&#x27;s no way they could have ever invaded by themselves, but we did it for them). We&#x27;ve also gifted them with a huge number of weapons, which were originally intended for such entities as &quot;the free Syrian army&quot; and &quot;democratic Iraq&quot;.<p>All of this is made possible by the cowardice of western morons whose entire education on geopolitics comes from Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Please stop helping the terrorists.