Being Jewish I know fully what it takes to break Hamdi's will..and do so with a messsage that careens thru his squallor lands.
Israel broke Egypt and Syria by airpower...yes a 2 day tank battle breakthru in Sinai did start the massacre..but clearly..airpower did Hamdi in.
Up in the Golan..Israel was pasting them with Napalm and cluster munitions....Egypt and Syria haven't been back since.
You can't peicemeal fight Islamic armies..they just reform and come again.
you have to anhillate them..crush them..send them reeling in derision,
Like the FAE of Gulf War 1...the hiway from Kuwait to Bugdud.
U.S. has chosen the minimal collateral damage route....thats a costly concept..too costly..and does not end a matter..does it.
Excise me if I put my trust in the USMC rather than you or our wobbly administration.
Learn form Vietnam. Don't tell them how to fight, or at least don't change in mid stride.