This was one of the biggest problems with the entire GWOT, thinking of how our actions against the enemy might be perceived by that same enemy, often at the expense of simple, direct, and total solutions.
Don’t give me the “we’re only turning him into a martyr” talk. That is slave behavior.
Since when did we become so scared about what THEY’RE going to do, that we forgot what WE are capable of?
I don’t care if he becomes a martyr. We’ll just make more of them until none are left. “Sharing” a society with people who want to kill you is insane. Trying to mitigate it by appeasing them is even more insane.
No.