War with terrorist states need not include occupation. It is enough to leave them destroyed and in rubble. Occupation is an unnecessary drain on all of our resouces and assumes we are now responsible for their future. Not true. They were and are responsible for their fate, and they are and will be responsible for what they become. If they seek a peaceful representative government, we should stand ready to help. And if they become what they were, they should be destroyed again... and again... and again.
As a WWII vet, one napalm would take care of the scene you described. We used them in Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa resulting in decreasing the enemy census. Or bring out those flame-throwing tanks to expedite awarding these terrorists with their 72 virgins.
Better still, dip the rifle bullets in pigs blood and the terrorist will surrender before being hit with one.