There; I fixed it for them.
At least in a rational world.
As President Bush so often points out, the primary role of any competent government is the safety, health and welfare of its own citizens.
NOT hangwringing about what other, less competent countries think of what the leadership might or might not do to discharge their duty.
Treat the enemy ruthlessly. One needless civilian fellow-citizen death is worth more more than the lot of them.
I agree “To a hand offered in peace, we will respond with an olive branch. But if they choose fire, we will respond with fire, more severe than ever.” Otherwise there will be blood, not mine, theirs!!!