[Ryzorian]

American culture, at it's heart, is a wild spirit, one that constantly yerns to be free. Give me liberty or give me death, was one of the sayings during the revolution. The whole concept of being American tends to be very "in your face" about that freedom. I understand how that brazen, brashness can be considered in a negitive light by other countries. Still, it's how this country was born, and raised. What is, is.

As to the idea of blowing up villages. Yes it's true we have done that in the past, but we aren't doing that now, even if I personally think we should be.
I fully go with the idea of total war, if some one picks a fight with you, demonstrate to them the error of that choice. I take that idea from General Lee who was quoted during the Civil War as saying, "It is good that war is so terrible, or else I fear we would enjoy it too much." That's how you win wars, make them soo terrible, no one wants to start one.

The US has been playing with kid gloves thus far, you may feel differently, and that's your right. However, if we had wanted too, Iraq and Afganistan would be nothing more than parking lots now. Just ask Japan, they know what the US can do if it really wanted to.

We aren't doing that today, no, we are trying to be "humane" against an enemy who straps live mines to two year olds..( I know the guy who had to shoot the two year old)

The world isn't like Avatar, there really are evil people in this world who are hell bent on destroying everything everyone holds dear if you don't worship how they want you to.