I still think we should carpet-bomb NW Pakistan.
You want a thousand more carbombs? Carpet-bomb Pakistan. It’s simply not a smart use of American force, and the blowback is tremendous. The bomb in Times Square is probably b/c some guys are pissed off about civilians killed in predator drone strikes. There will always be vengeful survivors and family, unless you plan on genocide.
I think the smarter answer is intelligence services and wet-work. Kill as many of the bad guys as you need to - just don’t make it so flippin’ obvious that it’s the US that did it. (They’ll blame us anyway, but they won’t have obvious proof.)