What west says publicly is not necessarily what they agree with you privately. All public discourses are part of tamasha that politicians all over the world indulge in to fool the ever gullible public. In US for example, they continuously fool their own public. They aren't fighting a war on terror as they say publicly. They actually want to expand their empire, tame the unrul countries, check-mate Chinese and Europens and secure oil and set a new global mechanism to tap markets or create markets for their corporate friends linked closely to the ruling elite. If I were a President and I had to do same thing taht politicians do today, what difference does it make if a city is totally destroyed, it gives me an excuse to further my agenda by providing me a reason to attck some more countries. What good are those 5000 nuclear bombs. I am running short of soldiers anyways.