I haven't forgotten 9/11. I was quite young though, because it happened 14 years ago. Blowing up Islamic extremists isn't going to help prevent the next 9/11.
Do you think Islamic extremism ends with ISIS? The mindset isn't going to go anywhere; these people will still exist. With that in mind, what is the solution? How do we minimize the possibility of us being attacked again? Do you think staying in the Middle East and involving ourselves in their affairs is going to do that, or is it more likely that backing off and concentrating on our own problems will do that? I want to once again reiterate that no amount of war waged in the Middle East is going to make Islamic extremism go away.
I think we all have different definitions of Islamic Extremism.
Are the people we are after just the "warriors"?
What about those that conduct Honor Killings of their raped daughters?
What about those that jail a woman/girl because she was out in public unescorted?
What about those that stone a woman/girl because someone saw her ankle or hair?
What about those that sell their kids to be suicide bombers?
These are just the things I can remember, but I personally consider all of it extremists and eligible to meet their 72 virgins.
This is a movement, not just a few angry men and if it is not resolved our grandkids will have to deal with it, our kids already are.
The entire world has to figure out how many violations of fundamental human decency we are are going to tolerate and for how long.
The Islamic world has give us very little choice, it is either us or them and they do not allow fence sitting.