And so we will have traded one set of brutes for another.
Except:
-Many members of American military organizations, and other allies, not to mention the civilians, have been killed, and many more maimed.
-We have become entangled in dealing in torture ourselves.
-We have estranged many allies.
-We have given our enemies a wonderful recruitment tool by behaving like the next wave of Crusaders.
-We have spent millions of dollars to do this, while our security at home is still full of holes.
Blood, reputation and treasury damaged, with only a change in who is doing the brutalizing. Not a good use of our talents at all.