The destruction of the greenhouses had another very important purpose: It ensured the people were unable to fend for themselves and would forever have to rely on the government for food. An empty stomach makes a compelling political argument.

Total victory is the only true solution. In this case that it also means total destruction. As abhorrent as dropping the A-bomb on Japan was it revealed our total and irrevocable resolve to end the war. And so it was ended. Only Israel can not be the first to let that genie out of the bottle for fear other Muslim Nuclear Club members would feel justified in kind. Conventional total destruction is the only solution but the will to do so must be first mustered. Let it be soon.