Some might view your position as cruel. But history shows that your position results in the least loss of life on both sides and minimizes community damage. Your philosophy was the same as Reagan’s.
I’ll add to your comments that it should be done quickly (thus with overwhelming power). The Iraq war shows that the general public has a very short period of patience, no matter what kind of progress is being made.
“But history shows that your position results in the least loss of life on both sides and minimizes community damage.”
A current, real world model for your “kill everything” position is Chechnya. The Russians did indeed:
“...kill as many and destroy as much as is necessary to achieve this, “collateral damage” be DAMNED. If protest arises, armed or otherwise, you put it down IMMEDIATELY with extreme prejudice.”
In that case the damage to the community was extreme, the loss of life was far worse in proportion to the numbers of people caught up in the conflict, and fighting didn’t end because everything was destroyed.