Casper, thanks for that.
I was reflecting on an earlier operation where we did not drop weapons and that makes an interesting contrast.
Until weapons are actually dropped the enemy does not know what to expect - shock and awe - once the action starts it is accepted that a population soon becomes inured to the violent and life resumes as normal - the blitz - Serbia etc.
The 1 000lb demo is 'not in my backyard' and this easily ignored. They have had 25 years of violence and near misses. Perhaps more effective after 25 years of violence is a simple strike from the Gods and leave it at that.