Extremism, Education, Opportunity

"I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because children aren't being offered a bright enough future that they have reason to choose life over death." ~ Greg Mortenson

The fight against terrorism and Islamic extremism will not be a kinetic fight, rather it is an economic fight. A fight to offer future generations a reason to choose life over death. A future that offers an appreciation of life and affords the opportunity for all to earn a respectable living. This means we need to expand efforts to provide quality education and access to energy/technology to younger generations across the globe. Men such as Greg Mortenson are doing just this, and it is more important to a lasting solution than the kinetic operations of the military.