That retribution must be against targets these muslims hold dear; Mecca, Medina, Qom, and the capitals of the states aiding the jihad: Riyadh, Tehran, and Damascus! Otherwise they won't care.
In any case, missiles will fly if you do this. Cities over there will disappear if you do this. Let the people in those cities know too. Maybe some right-thinking housewife will bonk Ahmed over the head with a frying pan to prevent certain destruction. Maybe some affected residents will tip off authorities to the perps to prevent certain destruction. They have to know that we mean it.
I agree with you. Fear is the only thing that will, perhaps, hold them at bay. I don’t anticipate that President Pussbag would likely rile “Cousin Bandar” and the other jihad funders with such a pointed statement. Neither would our three main presidential candidates, none of whom have ever addressed this issue.
I am certain that, when this happens, I will be incinerated at the keyboard from which I address you now. I hope that those of you who are left are able to do whatever is necessary to carry on and keep the nation together, no matter what measures need to be taken.
Riyahd?
Never happen. Thousands of Americans and othe foreign nationals live and work there. Disingenuous Saudi Royals will have plenty of plausible deniability. Not to mention the world economy would instantly tank due to the contamination of the Gulf oil fields.
Of course, this is likely to happen anyway in the aftermath of panic following any nuc attack on any American city. Panic that could includee kneejerk secondary attacks or invasions by North Korea against South Korea and missile attacks on Japan.
I forgot to mention possible secondary war in India vs Pakistan which is also on hair trigger, would go to hight laret and possible miscalculation war- balance could tip in matter of hours, expecially in dearth of US diplomacy to ease situation.