Addressing the root causes of violence isn't something that can be put on the back burner until violence stops, because that means it will never stop in the forseeable future.

As we've seen for years in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and here in America since 9/11, the term "root causes" is generally used as a code for blaming the victims of terrorism. That is to say, it's not the terrorists fault that they killed a bunch of teenagers eating pizza in a Jerusalem cafe, or that stock broker's secretary on the 103rd floor of the WTC. It's the "root causes" that are to blame. It's the oppression and the poverty.

As if 300-millionaires like Arafat, or billionaires like Bin Laden, don't have any other options.

I would also suggest that blaming "root causes" is an incredible insult to the billions of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Basques, Irish, etc. who do not choose to be terrorists.