I give you Will Munny from Unforgiven:
All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.
And that is how you conduct war. War is hell and the sooner you can get through it the better. Take no prisoners, scorch and salt the earth. Sherman was right.
Totally agree. But Progressives think otherwise.