these wars could be ended in a week if we would just recognize the enemy and destroy most of it
but that takes more than most PC’d leaders are willing to do
I don´t think that dropping big bombs would be the right thing to do. That would send the wrong signals to the civilian population - we want to win their hearts and minds, in order so they stop hating us. Dropping bombs didn´t help in Germany or Japan - handing out candy to the kids and care packages to the people did. Oh, I´m distracting. WW2 is way too different to be compared with the war on terrorism, let alone the cultural differences.