Since 9/11 I have felt this has to be the only solution. Americans have no taste for killing ... but another terrorist attack of sufficient magnitude will toughen our resolve. It's us or them.
Dresden. Berlin. Cologne. Hamburg. The Tokyo Fire Raids. Hiroshima. Nagasaki.
When pushed far enough, Americans can kill into the 5 or 6-figures in a single day.
America and Americans will kill, and they will do it in whatever numbers are necessary.