I actually did explain this, some 3-4 times already, in my earlier updates/reports.

Essence can be described with 'fight the effects, not the reasons'.

I actually did explain this, some 3-4 times already, in my earlier updates/reports.

Essence can be described with 'fight the effects, not the reasons'.

In every war the West is fighting since the 1960s, its military power is deployed to 'destroy the enemy'. Nobody is trying to solve the reasons for the existence of an armed opposition.

Example: al-Qaeda.

The USA and allies have fought several major wars 'against terror' - in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Mali, in Syria - for 20 years. Have squandered several trillions of US$ in the process and actually lost all of them. Reason: nobody came to the idea to use as much money to counter the reasons for the existence of al-Qaida, then the IS etc. To finance economic development, better schooling for youngsters, creation of jobs etc. Nope. Instead, everybody was spending taxpayer's money to buy equipment from corporations and NGOs. Both corporations and NGOs have a vital interest to remain in business for years, for decades in advance. Correspondingly, both are influencing politicians into commanding armed forces in such a way that these either fight wrong opponents, or in wrong place, and certainly for wrong reasons. As a result, armed forces are fighting 'for profit', not to win.

Unsurprisingly result: al-Qaeda and IS might be in tatters nowadays, but both are still around - as are their ideas (even if many of these ideas are wearing entirely different names). In the worst example, nominal allies (like Qatar and Pakistan) helped re-instal the Taliban in power in Afghanistan...

Point is: one actually can't fight ideas, and it's pointless to fight for profit. If one fights a war, one has to fight to win. And if one 'does not really want to fight a war', then one has to offer working alternatives. For example: through provision of schooling and jobs to youngsters. IMHO, that's certainly a far better and a lot cheaper idea, than fighting to profit.

Ironically, nobody tried spending 'few trillions US$ into the economic development of Afghanistan, Iraq or few other places...