Part of our problem over there is that they have a perception that we don't have the guts to finish this. A bomb taking them out is not what they respect.
What do you think they really consider shock and awe... A missile that can get them through a window or men who can be more brutal in combat than they are?
Also, I agree aviation leaves no prisoners, but you better have boots on the ground to make sure the rubble doesn't get re-populated.
That being said, you need to know that we wouldn't be here years later if we were the ones setting the rules of engagement.
"It always made me mad to have to beg for opportunities to win battles." General George S. Patton
I do wish we would use a Neutron bomb or two.
Screw all that boots on the ground stuff. B-52's - B-2's and B-1's 24/7 for 2 years. Start at the four ends and work your way in. Collateral damage be damned. I'm not worried about respect, I want to see bodies being vaporized day after day for months until nothing lives - that my friend is brutality. That would end Islam.