My hubby and family were also in nam. That is where my hate of war comes from. If we do as you say below, I am in but we haven’t done this in history. Looks like we will see...
Well, ta Hell with “winning hearts and minds”; blow the ever-lovin’ guts out of the enemy, leave them no fathers, brothers, or sons. Galvanize the collective mind of an entire nation with the vivid, bullet-riddled understanding that alignment with ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Taliban et. al. is a dead end in all senses of the phrase. Punctuate that statement with earth-shattering explosions as necessary to carry the point. It’s hard to frame an opposing argument when a 500lb bomb just made you involuntarily void the contents of your guts from your duodenum on down.
Please read my Comment #621 for information on why this approach is probably not the most effective way to proceed. My son who has 20+ years in 82nd Airborne and Special Forces did tours in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2013. He is the one who made me aware of the importance of Pashtunwali.