Originally posted by Gadiantor
The goal is to make a target less attractive to a criminal or terrorist.
How in the heck is that the goal?

Make everything on your country valueless so a terrorist doesn't consider it worth destroying?

I think the goal is kill enough of the terrorists so THEY are afraid to even try to mess with you.

When you visit any attack back on them a million fold, it stops. It stops either because not enough of them are alive to do anything, or the few who are alive are too terrified to try.