We as a people need to be careful in this fight less we lose our honor and those things that make us Americans. I had a Catholic priest in a small town called Ben Li east of Pleiku tell me that when fighting monsters the biggest danger is becoming what you fight. He was right! When fighting a barbaric enemy that you cannot respect it is easy to stoop to their level and commit or condone the same type of atrocities against them.
Gen Mattis understands war and President Trump understands the need to keep these people out of our country. That is a better start than we have had for the last eight years.
You're right, we shouldn't arbitrarily kill innocent civilians, or their pets.
But we should systematically hunt down and kill every last sheep fugging bastard. And I imagine we could encourage their governments to be more proactive in going after them if we threatened massive asymmetric retaliation.
