James Dawes : Evil is the strongest word we have to prepare ourselves to kill others . Comment: But the flip side is that it 's also a word that stops us from thinking . He says even if we can destroy ISIS , there will be other groups waiting in the wings . And we can ask how it is that normal men -- men who were not born evil -- get turned into monsters , so that we can work to change the structures that produce terrorists over the long term instead of locking ourselves into an endlessly repeated , short-term policy of `` killing fanatics '' until they are gone . Dawes : If we want to prevent spread of extremism , we must understand the people .
James Dawes : Evil is the strongest word we have to prepare ourselves to kill others . Comment: But the flip side is that it 's also a word that stops us from thinking . He says even if we can destroy ISIS , there will be other groups waiting in the wings . Dawes : If we want to prevent spread of extremism , we must understand the people .