A satisfying as that view may be, "winning" in that fashion isn't that effective when confronting a non-nation state force. When you engage in all out war, you don't win hearts and minds. When you don't win hearts and minds you must commit yourself to occupying the country forever.
Slapping your wife may "win" you the argument but you don't actually achieve long term goals that way.
When confronted with a gorilla enemy, your potential allies look the same as your enemy. The "just kill em all and let god sort them out" approach is even worse than the current method which aims to reduce killing potential allies. Blowing up a wedding party may kill a terrorist - but also radicalizes the survivors. Chopping one head off the hydra doesn't work.
At the end of the day, one has to accept that some wars are not worth the cost of winning - and if they aren't we shouldn't get involved in the first place. The cost of war is considered "acceptable" by people who aren't actually sending their own sons to die.
Slapping your wife may "win" you the argument but you don't actually achieve long term goals that way.
When confronted with a gorilla enemy, your potential allies look the same as your enemy. The "just kill em all and let god sort them out" approach is even worse than the current method which aims to reduce killing potential allies. Blowing up a wedding party may kill a terrorist - but also radicalizes the survivors. Chopping one head off the hydra doesn't work.
At the end of the day, one has to accept that some wars are not worth the cost of winning - and if they aren't we shouldn't get involved in the first place. The cost of war is considered "acceptable" by people who aren't actually sending their own sons to die.