The move is effective to say the least. In order to win this conflict or secure peace - you need to crush the spirits of your enemies and their will to fight.
It definately isn't the Humanitarian way to fight a war, especially when you are supposed to be taking the "moral highground", but I have no doubts that it will actually prove effective.
The US in Iraq for example could defeat the insurgency much faster if they wanted to string terrorists up by their toenails and hold public torture sessions in the streets.
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