Ah, the "there's no kill like overkill" idea. Quoting from TVTropes[1]:- > Much, much more common in fiction (especially of the 'revenge fantasy' type) than i

Ah, the "there's no kill like overkill" idea. Quoting from TVTropes[1]:- > Much, much more common in fiction (especially of the 'revenge fantasy' type) than in Real Life violence. To a strategist, overkill is Awesome, but Impractical because the risk of enemy survival is vastly outweighed by the certainty that you're spending a fortune in time, material, and (usually) manpower to ensure the enemy's death. The weaker and less numerous the target, the more wasteful overkill is. I would add "or the more geographically dispersed" before "the enemy is". 1. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereIsNoKillLik...