Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
Not just for show. Utterly obliterate them so that they serve as an example to everyone else.
Oh, where to start:

  • It will anger far more than it will cow into submission
  • There's not the infrastructure to supply the number of bombers required. Surrounding countries might question hundreds of heavy bombers (does America have them these days?)
  • In ideal terrain, killing everyone is difficult. In mountainous terrain it's almost impossible.
  • Any country that undertakes it would be viewed as a pariah by the world. The long term damage is going to be worse than the problem.