You are exactly right.
Those we face now are beyond our "normal understanding" of an enemy.
Pity that so many just won't "get it" until it's too late.
You cannot reason or bargain with evil.
In all past wars -- 1776, 1812, 186?, WWI, WWII, even the Cold Wars -- the typical enemy combatant was some hapless rube forced into service.
Not so this war.
The combatants are all Satan's Soldiers.