You would invoke the nuclear war fighting principle “use it or lose it” and not commit all your forces to a certain outcome?
Not exactly.
It now appears some groups of moslem savages just need to be wiped out. We can do it without taking out a city.
If the local populace decides to take them out, or turn them over to avoid further damage....good.
If not, we can eliminate the city or region. How long we going to keep pussyfooting around?