Smart bombs and the resulting minimized collateral damage of Western 'smart' bombs prevents muslims from speaking out against the terrorist that infest their religion. They have little fear of being killed or harmed by attacks from the Western world. Conversely, they know they will be targeted and destroyed if they speak out against the terrorists in their midst. Their silence is merely a way to stay alive. If they feared being killed when the evil elements next door were targeted, they may be more likely to expose them and join the fight against them. Collateral damage has a profound effect and when it is limited or eliminated a motivational factor has been lost.
Excellent point, now the problem is how to resolve it. It appears we are turning the tide in Iraq by showing the local leaders that they benefit by supporting the good guys and throwing the foreign jihadists out.
It becomes far more difficult to do this in such places as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. We (Tolerant West) have no feet-on-ground there and they swim in the jihadist rhetoric from mosques and madrasses. We are going to be facing this fight for at least the next generation as the oil wealth gives jihad a most powerful lever.