That's a smart dude.. very valid points and very positive solutions.

Some things i disagree with though:

Firstly you cannot discount socio-economic situations from the tendency towards religious extremism and violence. A lousy socio-economic situation creates precisely that type of frustration that is required by a mullah to turn a boy into a killer. All he has to do is point to the boy's own life and offer a "way out" or a chance at venegance against the evil west that is responsible for his plight.

If the socio-economic situation is improved, the likelihood that a boy can be turned to such senseless violence decreases noticably.

Secondly, international actions and reactions go a long way to prove the mullahs "right". They call America the imperialist tyrant ( and gather much support for it). Yet if the US didn't consistently say or do things that reinforced this image, it would cease to be a rallying cry.

No doubt many actions are falsely interpreted and twisted, but many are not. The seeds of anti-americanism already exist. All the mullahs do is fertilize it with their bullshit.

Anyhow i do agree with the man in that the ultimate responsibility for fixing lies with the nations themselves. However it is made more difficult because the US ( and other nations) have a stake in how Pakistan (for instance) develops. For instance even SUGGESTING unilateral military action on pakistani soil is damaging as the mullah's can cry 'INVASION". At the very least they can point to the US and say "well they are just waiting for their chance to invade your home and take your sovereignty from you".

Nevertheless, it is absolutely true that only education and progress will root out terrorism. But that said it is incumbent on EVERY party in the War on Terror to accept that it is not a conventional enemy to fight with guns and tanks.