Can terrorists be defeated?

Maybe, if you do it right. This is worth remembering:

Above all, terrorism is always dependent on extensive, external financial support.

So--if we can cut off foreign funding (from Saudi Arabia,Iran and Syria, in this case), Muslim terrorist movements will be starved to death. There is more, much more, to this article, which I urge you to read in its entirety.

My thanks to Texas scribbler for leading me to this site.