oh how I remember the phrase....
a distant memory, I might add.....
We are Americans, we can do anything.
The possible will be delivered today, the impossible will be delivered tomorrow.
True, but not realistic. Certainly G. Washington, who had many gripes with the Indians, didn't provoke them, but instead sent the hated DIPLOMATS to keep them quiet while he dealt with the Brits.
And in Korea, we learned that unless we wanted to touch off a nuke war, we had to fight within certain limitations.
Right now, there are several ways short of military strikes to "convince" the pot-bellied dog-eater to see the light.