The West's current leadership? You mean the leader who mandates the title "Religion of Peace" for all his Islamic buddies? What planet are you from?
We have made it our long-standing policy, made it abundately clear over the years that we will respond in kind. It’s kept our enemies in check since WWII. Though they may field a weapon giving momentary tactical advantage, we will respond with the full might of the American arsenal and erase them from human memory. The Soviets understood this during the Cold War, and refused to risk all, the ultimate destruction of the Motherland, even when Mr. Carter was President.