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The war on Islamic extremism can't be won militarily without eliminating the conditions that breed it. Whenever the west gets involved and puts non-radicals in power, the radicals go underground. When we leave, they resurface. It's an enclave of peoples who are impoverished and are raised to believe America is the cause of their suffering, which is true. This is why islamaphobia will only alienate and exacerbate the issue. The Boston Marathon bombers were visited by the FBI prior to their attacks, intimidated and alienated, made to feel more sympathetic to extremism and more oppressed, and look what happened. Even if we committed genocide, it would never be forgotten and we'd create more enemies. These are failed states because they can't maintain their government without radicals fucking it all up.
What makes ISIS different than Al Quaeda is the near enemy/ far enemy distinction to their approach. They go after local governments, entrench themselves, steal petroleum and destabilize the west locally. They're also largely disaffected youths. Al Quaeda were adults, engineers, who believed in the far enemy approach, that the head of the snake so to speak were the twin towers. And their massacre of 3000 some, while spectacular and etc., ruined Bin Laden. He went into hiding and couldn't maintain an effective foothold.
They're all religious radicals; Bin Laden's ideal Islamic state was Afghanistan under the Taliban. But as long as there's extreme religious fervor indoctrinated in youths + extreme disdain of the west and recalcitrant western politicians like Netanyahu, this war cannot be won. It's pretty bleak. They're not the only oppressed minority or the only refugees of war (drug war), but they are willing to murder and die for their cause with bellicose acts, and they are using the internet extensively, unlike Al Quaeda, which ironically, one of Asad's first acts as leader of Syria was to install broadband en masse against counsel.
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