> Send a few ICBMs

Just out of curiosity, did that work with Iraq, Lybia etc. I really do want to know.

I mean the whole idea is preposterous. I really can't tell if the parent is being serious. "Yes let's murder hundreds of thousands (potentially millions) of people. That'll surely make the survivors sympathetic to our cause".

The parent comment is flagged but I think the answer is yes, that those offenses did serve the near term national interest of the US at those times.