You and I know it will take perhaps hundreds of thousands on up of Americans killed by terrorism, before anything will be done to bring peace to our civilization.
Our enemy capitalizes on this. Look at Israel; if they defend themselves, the Palestinians cry "Nazi," and the MSM and the UN back it.
The problem with the Israeli mindset is the same here at home in the USA when someone speaks their mind, and then folds for fear of being labelled a racist.
So we go with surgical strikes - that's appeasement. This is our fatal mistake. Bomb our enemy until they beg for peace.
If we had bombed the bejeesus out of Iraq from afar, then pointed towards Iran, Syria, and North Korea, you'd see a whole different scene going on right about now.
What we really should have done goes back to my grandfather who said you must hit first then ask questions.
Well, since our enemy has been trying to take over the world since the seventh century they won't quit until they either suceed or we stop them. So I pray it does not take 100,000's of dead. But you could well be right.