Al Qa'ida is slowly growing by seeking support locally and being less bloody.

Perhaps it will morph into something we could make peace with.

Any Islamist group advocates oppressive Shari'a law, and thus aims to violate people's human rights. But it's not usually necessary or legitimate to respond to every such regime with war. The US has not started drone attacks in Poland and Hungary, let alone Belarus, Thailand, and Malaysia, nor even in Bahrain, Egypt, and Salafi Arabia, for their violations of human rights.