What's that funny smell?

"The administration seems to think we're facing a wolf, and can just cut its head off to kill it. In reality, Islamicist terrorism is more like a mold. To kill a mold, you must either (a) flood the room with toxins, and repeat regularly or (b) remove the mold's habitat by drying out the room and bringing in sunlight. Current policy falls far short of (a), since there are nowhere near enough soldiers (fungicide) in the country. And option (b), which would involve a reconsideration of broad swaths of US policy in the Middle East and elsewhere, is completely invisible. Outside of the leftist press, it isn't even possible to raise it as a question." (From Strata Lucida)