We should treat this war like the war it is. One without borders or uniforms.
Why doesn't our overpopulated CIA hunt down people like this and put them out of commission? There are zillions of violent jihadis in Western nations acting as a fifth column - in Mosques, coffee shops and even Islamic grocers.
Yep. The CIA should be hunting these guys down and when they catch 'em, whip out their license to kill.
Moreover, any terrorist incident should fall under the authority of the military. The government should officially proclaim its policy of implementing law of war violation reprisal. Terrorist incidents should then be resolved with the following steps:
- find out who these clowns are
- find out who their relatives are
- go to where these people live
- line up all the relatives out front
- tell them that they're implicated in terrorism
- tell them that their domiciles will be searched
- tell them that if anything related to terrorism is found, the whole lot - without predjudice to age or sex - will be summarily executed on the spot
- tell them that if somebody steps forward right then and there that such and such will be found in the terrorist/terroist relative-abode the rest of the family will be spared
- search said homes
- execute said individuals in accordance with the foregoing
- all those remaining standing are subsequently incarcerated for the duration of the war.
- when the war is over, let the appropriate ones out for good behavior
- the one's not relesaed for good behavior will then prosecuted for waging illegal war (as required according to the Geneva Conventions).
- IF nothing related to terrorism is found, then take the entire family into custody and interrogate them
- Interogation techniques will utilize whatever techniques are best suited for extraction of information
- former NVA interrogators, French "para's" of the Algerian conflict, and ex-KGB officials should be consuilted on the most suitable techniques that will gain the most information in the least amount of time.
In order to facilitate execution of this policy, the government should institute a counter-terrorism division of troops composed almost entirely of officers. All that these soldiers do is fly all around the world in groups of three, and convene 30 second military tribunals prior to execution in front of a MP firing squad.
Now, if that doesn't get results and help win the war, then I suggest it would be high time to get downright Draconian on their asses.