Vlad the Impaler had a horrific but efficient way of protecting Christians in Europe from invading Ottoman muslims. He had been held hostage by the Turks for some 8 years, and this probably fueled his desire for revenge. He fought an eye for an eye by impaling many on stakes, often a long torturous death. Sometimes you need to put fear into the enemy, especially one who is barbaric.
They must be destroyed militarily, politically, and ideologically.
In this manner Reagan, Walesa, and Pope John Paul II accomplished the destruction of the Eastern Bloc.
This isn’t a political war, but rather, a Holy one. He who has the will-wins.
We are in total war. The question is whether we will fight it or be defeated utterly.
One of the Yazidi captives tried to run. They cut off her legs. Yeah. THAT kind of war.