Pipsqueak countries DO have power to do damage here, aka 9-11. And we have power to aniahlate them. We have had incredible patience with these countries for decades (remarkable given how corrupt and eeevil we are). And those cave dwellers have hundreds of millions of dollars on hand. They are clearly not below the state level. The nature of war has changed much like it changed during the Revolution. Back then there were rules of engagement. Armies basically lined up against each other and fired vollies until one team was defeated (Redcoat/Bluecoat). The Indians taught the Colonists Guerilla warfare. "Why, that's hardly gentlemanly of them!" Oh yeah, and we won. We fucking broke the rules of engagement and we fucking won. And then went on the create the greatest country on Earth. The enemies we have now have broken the rules of engagement. If we expect to win we can toss the fucking gentleman's agreement we made decades ago and get these fuckers out of existance. You can call it an excursion from the Constitution. I consider it life, future, freedom and our very existance.