Fighting terrorism is long and never-ending battle in the Middle East. In some countries, it is a living reality, as in the case of Syria and Iraq, who have been engulfed by the satanic force of ISIS and other militants for the past couple of years. Egypt, too, has been subjected to terrorist attacks consistently throughout the years. Other than the battle that is currently ongoing in North Sinai to fight Islamist militants, the twin explosions on Palm Sunday in St. George’s Church in Tanta and St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, as well as the deadly Al-Rawda mosque attack which left 305 killed, revealed just how grave and extreme the problem is. In that kind of context, it is difficult to see any other alternative to the use of force. For years, Arab leaders fought fire with fire. In 1982, President Hafez al Assad launched an aggressive military campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood in the town of Hama, leading to thousands killed. Until today, his son inherits the same strategy and tactic of using the iron first, drowning the country into a brutal civil war for eight years against various groups,…
