Hey I feel you man but at the end of the day isn't it all actuary tables? How much risk? What's it worth to do it now instead of in ten years when there might be more emboldening? Think about the Normandy invasion. Setting aside the war in the east for a minute, focusing on just that theater, when was the right time to invade? When the Germans were weak...but not weak enough? When would they be weaker? Or would they become stronger? The decision to bring the hammer down on US citizens is going to be made like that. Not when there's zero chance of violent bloodshed, but when the rewards outweigh the damage that will be done. I'm not saying they're right, I'm saying that I think there's a bunch of them that think that this is the point where "Meh, we'll get a bloodied nose in the process, but you can't make an omelet..." and just come in full on.