The thing is, we’ve tried two approaches now. We tried eight years of nation building and democratizing. Then we swung the other way and tried eight years of appeasement. It just seems like unless we want these attacks to drag on forever, we’re going to have to get serious and crush ISIS decisively. Crush and humiliate them for all the world to see. Punish them for what they’ve done and who they are. Break their will and make it so no one would want to join them. As far as I can tell, something like this is what Trump proposed in his convention speech. It’s the old school approach but it has a proven track record. It’s getting to the point where this is looking like the most sensible thing to do. What’s coming are high casualty attacks on malls and concerts unless we do something to get to the root.
I think it is time to see what 21st century weapons can do with no rules of engagement holding them back. Drop every non-nuclear weapon of mass destruction on ISIS-held territory. Screw collateral damage. I say we should inflict MAXIUM collateral damage such as Satan himself will weep tears of compassion.
Vaporize block after block of cities. Drop every BLU-82 Daisy cutter bomb and fuel air bomb that we have. Lay waste to that entire area and kill everything that moves. If you have trouble finding each and every mosquito to kill, drain the damn swamp.
Make Dresden look like a birthday celebration.
ISIS likes to make examples of Westerners. We should kill a few million to make an example of why you shouldn’t mess with the US.