Before engaging its military in the Middle East, the West should ask first and foremost why terrorism occurs, Professor Chomsky stated in an interview with acTVism Munich, an independent and non-profit global online media network.The recent report by the Russian news outlet Sputnik, quoted Chomsky: 'If you want to end it, the first question you ask is: why did it take place? What were the immediate causes and what were the deeper roots? And then you try to address those.'These root causes are the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the Wahhabization of Sunni Islam, which in turn resulted in the rise of global radical Islamism, the professor added.Referring to the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, Chomsky dismissed the effectiveness of the West's strategy to root out terrorism by simply bombing the terrorists, arguing this will do nothing but increase the likelihood of more terrorist attacks.The Daesh terrorist group, also known as ISIS, can’t be defeated by military force, he said.2044/1312