You’re right.
It’s total war or we will never win.
Every time one of their “soldiers” is killed they become a martyr because they were fighting for Allah and were ready to meet Allah.
To win against muslims you have to kill those not ready to meet Allah and that’s the civilians.
We’re not going to win until we drive the population into refugee camps, feed them spam and make them glad to get it.
I will take it a step further and say that short of genocide, until the cycle of indoctrination of islam on their children is broken, victory over these savages will only be a transient condition. Islam is the poison these fools drink up and pass on to their offspring. The sooner their youth see the evil that islam is, the better.
To win against anyone, you must destroy their resolve, break their spirit and put their existence into jeopardy.
We have not done this against islamists yet....in fact, nobody has done this. Russia comes closest, but even they get criticized for their war tactics.