Two eyes for an eye and the whole jaw for a tooth

Journalist turned Politician Arun Shourie is one of the few intelligent men, whose views I read with great interest. Here is an excerpt from his speech replying to a debate on the recent Mumbai Attack in the Parliament,

"...............Please realise -- this is a point for the liberals also -- whenever we are pushed into such a situation we say that 'no, force should not be used. Only minimal force should be used'. But no war is won with minimal force. It is won by overwhelming the enemy. As it has happened in Mumbai now. 'Sir you asked how many terrorists were there. Ten? You mentioned nine..' and 200 commandos only from the NSG were sent, plus reinforcement, plus naval commandos. That is the scale at which you have to overwhelm. You can't do it with minimal force. That is why, Sir, when you look at this figure, [you try and kill six people in China and see what happens. Here you can kill 60,000 people and nothing happens to the killers!]. Not an eye-for-an-eye, not a tooth-for-a-tooth.That is completely wrong. For an eye, both eyes! For a tooth, the whole jaw! Unless India has that determination and that clarity, we will continue to bleed like this all the time.