But, I bet that all of that will change if one or many of our cities are nuked.
There would be a lot of very angry Americans. And civility be damned. It would be survival.
Terrorist might be nuts. But the people who train them and/or allow them in their countries are not.
"But, I bet that all of that will change if one or many of our cities are nuked."
Well, then the policy would have failed.....that's the point. It's going to take a nuke strike to elicit a nuke strike.
We need other military and covert options. disrupt countries that threaten us utterly.......cause civil unrest, even civil war....assassinate their leaders. THAT's how you do it, not by saying we'll nuke you if you don't do what we say.