I have always felt the best policy for dealing with terrorists is no negotiations, no prisoners, no quarter. Never should have taken a single on into custody, they all should be standing face to floor with God (no way one of these guys could look God in the eye) trying to explain themselves.
It would be nicer if we could do that but the problem isn’t with holding terrorists prisoner, it is with our fellow Americans who are endowed with more sympathy than brains. The think that war is something that can be handled by Judge Judy.