The Muslim terrorists have to come to believe that we're as bizarre and unstable as they are to have a deterrent effect. A good start would be an enormous response to a run-of-the-mill attack in the Iraqi theater. Shock & awe should be an understatement. If terrorists unwisely choose to attack our country, pick cities for bombing based on a "lottery" approach. If the ticket is drawn, residents are given forty-eight hours to vacate and then the city is nuked.
The next occasion they'll only be given twenty-four hours. If they still don't get the point, they'll only be given twelve hours notice before the third historic city is vaporized. They'll eventually get a clue.
~ Blue Jays ~
Like I said on a (much) earlier post. There are 300 million of us, they are outnumbered.
Yes I know there are 1.2 billion muslims, just think about it.
It's humane to give warning - but we have to be prepared for China or Russia to counter threat -- If we're going to do MAD - we need our ducks in a row... friends and foes.