I have made similar proposals a few times since 9/11 and would caution against a "nothing or all" approach.
'The most efficient (fewer total lives lost by the time the problem is gone) way to implement the ultimatum is to allow, to the extent possible, each muslim country to reflect on the problem and to solve their own national portion of the problem. After all, it is not reasonable for Morroco to know where all the training camps and terrorist concentration are in Pakistan. It is reasonable to expect that they would know where their domestic terrorists hang out.
Thus my proposal is more "democratic": one sqaure kilometer of each muslim capital will be reduced to rubble for every terrorist act in a non-muslim country, or against a non-muslim target. Beginning with the seat of government (palace buildings, legislature).
It will then be only a matter of time before they must assess how many square kilometers of their capitals they are willing to lose.
What entitles the superpowers to arbitrarily use power to persuade? The fact that they can. That's all that's ever needed. Except in the current distorted world, where PC dictates otherwise and, in the process, enables terrorism.
Your way is far more civilized. I'm no longer in the mood to be civilized with these animals. They understand massive, brute force..........and absolutely nothing else.
Good points.
I don't agree with you -- nuke the heart of the hydra-headed monster -- Meccca