I take your point Richard, but military presence IMHO is only fuelling the problem.
How do we stop it then. Certainly my concern is how we in Britain seem to let these sort of people breed in our country and do very little about it.
Didn't the US mention the other day that Britain is harbouring many of the people who are likely to committ further atrocities in the name of the Taliban and Al-Quaeda.
It wouldn't take a lot to imagine Britain going the same direction as Pakistan. Stealth Mode springs to mind.