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I don't think that the "strong military tactics" have resulted in a soution so far, or even sbrought us near to a solution. So far these tactics just made the Iraq a melting pot for terrorists and united a lot of smaller groups under the al kaida.
It is quite clear that there is no such thing ascomplete protection. What we canachieve is some sort of peacful coexistence. And this is also the solution most islamists prefer, if you look at Bin Laden statements, what he wants is the west to stay away for he islamistic culture.
This would certainly be a defeat for our "universalism", not Survival of the Fittest, competition and contest would be the major rules. It would be tolerance and acceptance of cultural differences.
I think what makes a lot of people in the middle east angry about us is our consant involvment, not only by having bases there, but also a constant involvment in their culture. We want them to tell how they have to live, that our way has also be their way. This is a source of constant humilation and defiance for those people. Constantly we are telling them that they are backwardly, thst they are still living in some sort of medivael times. If you try to look at us from their point of view you will see that we look very arrogant and decadent to them.
So, I think one of the reasons for terror is, that they feel pushed into some direction they don't want. I also think that will be difficult to solve, we connot simply let them alone. that would also result in massive violence, but I think the west should play a different role. Raqther them forcing them into something we should play the role of a mentor. If the want help we give them, but not unquestioned, not the way we did it so far. At the end they will sell their oil anyway because they can't drink their oil.
I'm most certainly not sure if this way would work, but I think it would be worth trying, we've tried to other way for too long without real success.
(small note: these are not completly my ideas. I used a germen article which i read this week as inspiration, so I'm also not entirely sure this would work.)
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
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