IF we just went in there, kill all the bad guys and left, some other a-hole will take over. Nation building is essential to maintaining our security. Because we left Afghanistan after they kicked the Soviets out, hell we even let them kill each other to "thin out the herd", OBL got his personal playground to concoct his atrocities. Even if 99% of the people are bashing their brains out, 1% will find a way to get back at the great or little Satan. The "Fortress America" and "letthemkilleachother" mentality ignores facts on the ground and recent history.
Not ot mention the whole article is flawed because it rests upon the DSM's image of Iraq and not the truth but that's another issue.
No don't go in and kill the bad guys and leave.
Exterminate every last damned one of them and leave a blackened poisoned landscape then tell the rest of those flea bitten camel jocks that if you so much as Whimper something in protest, we'll do precisely the same thing to you.
That scenario should be applied to every single solitary country we even THINK is harboring terrorists.
Nation building my ass.
Kill 'em all, let God sort them.