Terrorism can be seen as a virus in the world body. The U.S. and other nations are attempting to solve the terrorist problem by trying to eliminate all of its manifestations around the world. This is like trying to eliminate a virus by removing one cell at a time, while damage to the host body (the world), increases with each violent removal, and more illnesses (terrorists) are generated. To those who can look more deeply, the only way to truly eliminate terrorism is to deal with the systemic causes of it. Groups such as al Qaeda are only effects, not causes. The causes are desperate poverty, oppression, and a future without hope. Terrorist organizations often provide a distorted sense of meaning and purpose for disempowered people.
We must try to remove terrorism.