I just hope in our current excursions, we have learned from the recent past. GitMo Bay has become a terrible public relations debacle around the world, allowing those who are against us to claim 'mistreatment', etc. etc. ad nauseum. It will not surprise me if these prisoners are not eventually turned loose to commit mass murder at every opportunity.
To lessen the possibility of future terrorists being set free, we should adopt a policy of "take as few prisoners as possibile" and kill as many as possible before they surrender.
Sort of like the old addage of 'kill them all and let God sort them out'.