I’m with you. As a Christian I use to adhere to Just War theory, but I now categorically reject it for Total War. Interesting I think Total War was a concept introduced by President Grant in dealing with the Lakota, and they were less deserving of it than most. But yes, we owe nothing less to our own troops than Total War. South African mercenaries that have been used know this and utilize these tactics. I wish I remember what African country it was, but what the UN could not do with 10,000 soldiers mercs did with a few hundred, by poisoning water supplies, ect.
Goebbels asked for “Totaler Krieg”, and he got it!