While we have made said statement, no-one in the entire government of the United States would even think about aiming our full might at a religion. And while some countries do in fact support terrorism, the very nature of Nuclear weapons precludes separating the “peaceful muslims” from the “radicals”.
So, unless the attack on the US could be DIRECTLY tied to a specific government, then such a response will not happen. Period.
I believe you cite a distinction without a difference. There’s no such a thing as a “peaceful” or moderate muslim. There are only those actively engaged in jihad, and those sitting on the sidelines like so many vultures patiently roosting the the trees, awaiting a favorable outcome. When it occurs, they will dance in the streets as they did in New York on 9/11. Until August 1945, we never would have believed ourselves capable of directing our full might against a single race (the Japanese). As for doing the same against a particular religion...well, the Mohamedans have been doing exactly that to us, and there is after all a first time for everything, eh?