The purpose of the U.S. military is to make their woman weep and moan for the loss of their men. Destroy the enemy quickly, unmercifully, and completely.
Some lessons from history would serve the U.S. well. Romans put people to the cross, the Mongol herds killed everyone in the case where they did not submit and fought them instead.
More recently, and to the point of Bray's reference to the propaganda whores. In the 1970's we had the "killing fields" in southeast Asia. How quickly we forget.