There is also the case where you have to treat each situation differently. We know that we can have a better chance of changing those elements in Saudi Arabia from the inside, as recent history has shown us with their cutting off funding to these groups.
Iraq was a different story. They were a direct sponsor of many terrorist groups including Hezzobllah, Islamic Jihad, Al Axa Martyers Brigrade, Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Ansar al-Sunna, Asbat al-Ansar, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, and I’m sure many others I cannot remember at this time.
Iraq even had training camps established.. such as Salman Pak. They may not have been directly sponsoring Al Quada per say, but they were behind almost everyone else..
If you want to stop organized crime, you can’t just go after on family, you have to take out the entire structure.