No, I do not want to *understand* ISIS.
It’s enough for me to know that they want to kill us and that I don’t want them to.
Therefore they need to be dealt with in a way that they understand, which means pounding them into oblivion so that they CANNOT come back for another try.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu - The Art of War