Ah - my apologies - missed this

"Instead of us continually planning what we are going to do in the event of an attack, we should have the army out there scouring the country and eradicating those bastards before they do. The public will talk to soldiers more readily about people or groups they suspect in their area knowing they will be protected by professional soldiers."

Not sure I recall the army on the street in Northern Ireland proving a better source of identifying terrorists than the intelligence services? Was a while back so I'd be interested if you've any sources of info to the contrary?

When you say 'scouring the country' what have you got in mind, knocking on doors and asking there are any Jhadis in the house before 'eradicating' them? Could be open to a little (bad) neighbourly abuse?