Fighting the "Islamic State"
I heard on the radio a clip of an interview with the Director of Communications for the State Department. During the interview the director stated that "we cannot kill our way out of this conflict". We must get at the root cause of extremist violence. Wrong! Determinism is dead! As Dr. Mortimer Adler correctly pointed out because human beings have an intellect they have free will. No terrorist is forced to commit violent acts by capitalism (no jobs, poverty etc.). Terrorists do what they do because of poor judgment and character defects.