The war on terror is no different to illegal immigration, and the war on drugs; never ending.
Illegal immigration and terror are unique in that the plan resulted in capturing and detaining people for life, to include food and board.
What happens is they end-up releasing people back to the same situation they came from. Take for instance the ISIL relatives being released back to Australia, one of the world’s leading “hot beds”, at the moment. I did not know they hold all the relatives, as well. Imagine somebody knocking at your door and detaining you for life because of something your second cousin did. We should assume they are innocent. Do I think all Arabs deserve to be treated as third-class citizens, no.
Illegal immigration is easy to fix, especially with a bully in the bull-pit: charge the originating country for room, board, and transportation. Maybe then they will help the situation.
unfortunately, at this present time our leader in America is concerned with notches on his proverbial belt. The entire conversation is about failure to lead. And has nothing to do with Cuba, Venezuela, or Iran.