There IS such a thing as retribution whether he is the head man or not. I'm sure when you are 'consulting' with the administration because of your expert knowledge on the subject of terrorism and its topology, you can remind them of that fact.
You said: "There IS such a thing as retribution..."
Yes there is. Some also call it Revenge. Others decry it as momentarily vengeful, satisfying some personal desire to "get even"...and ordinarily not meaningful enough for nations to bother with. A childish notion... justifying silly "tit for tat"...unlikely to solve or address root causes or solve real problems. But ,Thanks for the reminder.
Oh and Thanks for your condescending remarks on my limited knowledge of terrorism...I actually have been reading and keeping up on the 'folklore" published by our think tanks and others about the subject for the last several years. No expert at all, I do usually detect raw pig-headed ignorance of the basics as the will sometimes arise and might even offer an opinion.
I realize how aggravating that must be to those who only use the left-wing MSM as their only source of information on the subject. But those types are always ready with idiotic notions and McGyver-like opinions on everything. Besides, like you, they are almost always angry at the "time-o-day" anyway.
Take care of those nerves.