I just want to say loud and clear, the best way to defend and protect Israel, which I love, is to fund their global terrorists enemies the PLO and Hamas <-which is an Iranian sponsored group, btw.
As far as alleviating the conditions which cause terrorism, this is a fool's quest no matter how much money is spent. The conditions which cause terrorism are created deliberately by terrorist governments. America could never "fix" this in a hundred years. The Muslim governments have to fix themselves. The only solution we have is to carpet bomb them into submission and overthrow their rulers. And I don't see that happening.
I agree with the author. She clearly had no idea what she was talking about. It was all just sound bites punctuated by contradictory and meaningless 'feel-good solutions'. Meeting with a few refugees overseas does not qualify anyone to be POTUS. During my time in the military and government service, I, and thousands of others, visited literally dozens of places all around the world. But I would not declare that this makes me ready to be President of the United States.