There is no reason to just strike it. The point is it is a threat and they want to raise the cost of continuing to bomb them.
If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they will have used up all their valuable targets and they will have less leverage going forward. Instead they would want to destroy $50 billion a day until they get what they want.
If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they will have used up all their valuable targets and they will have less leverage going forward. Instead they would want to destroy $50 billion a day until they get what they want.