Each and every ISIS combatant who is not killed outright should be shot on the spot even if they surrender. No mercy. That should be made very clear to these subhuman pieces of sh.t at the outset. If we do manage to capture their commanders live, they should be hung, photographed, and the pictures distributed worldwide.
“Each and every ISIS combatant who is not killed outright should be shot on the spot even if they surrender.”
I agree. These are religious fanatics. They believe the worst atrocity will be forgiven by Allah, and they’ve already demonstrated an almost gleeful willingness to carry out their vow to wipe out everyone on this planet who doesn’t bow to their domination. No amount of jail time will change them. And unlike conventional POW’s, this war NEVER ends for them. You can spend untold millions trying to rehabilitate them, but the day they’re released from incarceration, whether after 5 years or 50, they will return to the jihad.
Someone in Washington better realize that this is not a von Clausewitz “war is politics on a different level” type struggle. This is a war of extinction, either theirs or ours. I don’t like, but our adversary has set the rules of this conflict. If we relent and think showing mercy will sway them, then it will be our extermination facing us. Period.
No. Do not spread the images. Just have them disappear. Thousands just disappear. dump their bodies in the ocean. No glory, no motivation for other idiots.