[JLS]

"For the time being."
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Of course IF we want to win this war, we have to be willing to do what it takes. It took some awful fighting and nuclear bombs to win the Pacific Theatre in WWII. If we are not willing, then we will not exist eventually.

[RightWhale]

We have done this before, and would do it again if we were sufficiently scared. Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and not much sleep lost.