It's actually a pretty standard way to deal with them in the less "civilized" parts of the world. In fact Russia still operates that way since it is so effective. When you're not forced by the stupid masses to "care" about your enemies families you can take care of problems much more easily.
True, but I'd much rather we just proceed as though the hostages were already executed. Either way, the bad guys will learn to stop taking hostages sooner rather than later.
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