the West will have no choice but to extirpate the enemy as mercilessly and thoroughly as possible’
War is ugly. War is bloody. There are no real rules in battle with this enemy. Yet, the left will use ‘American Values’ to condemn any action required. War guilt is, however, necessary to extract alms from those who choose to fight. Either way the Progressives make sure the cost will be too high forever.
I give you Will Munny from Unforgiven:
All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.
And that is how you conduct war. War is hell and the sooner you can get through it the better. Take no prisoners, scorch and salt the earth. Sherman was right.