How to create more Terrorists in 2 easy steps

[quaker bill]

9. Since nuance does not seem your strength

At no point in my post did I indicate that I support the use of these tactics. It is nice to know that you have sorted the source and solution to all violent conflict in the middle east and feel empowered to preach about it.

The interesting thing about deadly conflict is that it self perpetuates and escalates on its own, once the killing starts. At some point down the line it gets difficult to discern what started it, created it, or sustains it.

It is comfortable to believe that if we stop shooting, they will reciprocate. There is unfortunately very little evidence for this. This alone does not justify violent action, but is does indicate that the unilateral end of violence is not peace and indeed may not even be the end of violence.

You may think one tactic is more proficient at "creating" terrorists than another. The simple facts are that to the extent we "create" terrorists, we were quite good at it decades before the first drone flew. Unless you combine it with a radical rethink of 50 years of destructive foreign policy, grounding the drones will make little difference.