The war drums are beating again.
First, Jeanine Pirro offered her expert advice on how to address the problem of radical Islam and terrorism: Just kill them all. Bomb them and keep bombing them until they're all dead, no matter how long it takes.
Then, Bill O'Reilly told us all that it's time for "responsible nations, not individuals, [to] confront and destroy the jihadists in a methodical worldwide campaign."
Laying aside the bloodlust for a moment, these statements, and the rest of what these two had to say about this issue, strike me as entirely consistent with the modern "conservative" approach to solving problems of all kinds, not just those that can be solved by simply bombing and killing people in other countries. Basically what Ms. Pirro and Mr. O'Reilly are saying is that, apart from simply putting Republicans in power, we should approach this (like any other) problem by crafting a solution that:
(a.) is exceedingly simple;
(b.) consists mostly of abstractions;
(c.) they don't personally have to participate in;
(d.) won't cost them any money;
(e.) doesn't require them to change their behavior;
(f.) won't put them at risk; and
(g.) won't personally inconvenience them in any real, material way.
If anyone can think of a "conservative" approach/solution to any social, economic, domestic- or foreign-policy problem that doesn't fit this description, please identify it in the comment thread.