Sure. I think it's very important if you're going to defeat any enemy—I assume we're all in agreement here—that you understand what motivates them. Why is it that they're doing what they're doing? Why have they conquered territory? Why have they brutalized captives, such as those who have been beheaded, such as those they have brutalized in Iraq, and the Christians, Yazidis, and others?
Terrible things have been going on. We all agree on that. Why are they doing this? Is it because they hate us? Is it because they hate everyone? I suppose there's some truth in that statement, but it doesn't do very much work in terms of telling us what to do about it.
As I said in my statement, I believe military action is necessary against these people, but it's not going to undermine the religious ideology, which I believe underlies what they are doing. Listen to what they say. Read what they say they're doing. They're not saying that they just hate everyone and are striking out blindly against the rest of the world, trying to carve out a little place. They're trying to carve out a caliphate and to use that as the way to expand this radical extremist version of Islam.
If we don't understand that, and if we aren't willing to put it on the table—with due respect to the vast majority of Muslims who do not think this way—if we don't do that, we're not going to be able to defeat this enemy.
I thank you for that question, Mr. Anderson. I think it's critically important to focus on the religious aspects of this problem.