Noooo. We cannot win the &quot;war on terrorism&quot; while people still have this misconception. The Islamic terrorist don&#x27;t care about the west at all, their goal is to gain ground in countries with Islamic population. The only reason west got dragged into this war was because AL Quaida were miserably failing at this in the 90s, and so tried to create a common enemy: the west.<p>I encourage everyone to read more on this topic and the background behind AL Quaida and Isis.