I’m all in favor of killing terrorists, and as far as I’m concerned that includes their supporters. For instance, if you march in a terrorist parade as far as I’m concerned you are a legitimate target. If you don’t want to be a target, keep your distance from those who are.
I don’t see why we cannot declare war on a non-state organization and prosecute it vigorously. They’re at war with us and we should return the favor.
I am strongly opposed to retaliatory killing of random Muslim civilians, even if there is a reasonable chance some percentage of those you kill are supporters of the terrorists. BTW, doing so would be a violation of the laws of war and of US military law.
The Nazis took civilian hostages and killed them at a 10:1 or 100:1 rate for every German soldier killed by what they considered terrorists. We would call them resistance fighters. We consider the Nazis doing so a main reason they’re The Bad Guys. I don’t want us to become The Bad Guys, so I vigorously oppose any suggestions we imitate them.
I don’t want to be the bad guys but I sure do want to be the alive guys. I want my daughter who is 11 & my grandchildren to live in the same country I did with the same freedoms. Like I said I don’t have answers but I think we better find some ASAP! Have a great day!