It troubles me greatly that Western leaders do not understand the mind and ideology of the Islamists and the purpose for their existence.  But to put it in a way that is relatively easily understood, they seek to conquer the world and impose their ideology on every human-being, and slaughter those who were not born as they were or who refuse to be slaves to their ways.  It is, in certain important ways, akin to the Third Reich, which is why so many of its spiritual and political leaders celebrate the Third Reich, the Nazis, and Hitler.  Today, they have found common cause with the Marxists in that they, too, seek to destroy Western civilization.  Thus, negotiating with the Islamist regimes (Iran, Qatar, and more) and terrorist organizations (Hamas and many others) is like negotiating with the Third Reich.  Appeasement, or peace in our time, failed in the past, and will fail again and again.    More later ...