Of course it’s an option, when the alternative is a potential nuclear holocaust. I’m not denying that Pakistan makes for a miserable neighbor, just that limited engagements with limited casualties are preferable to risking nuclear war.
As Einstein said, lunacy is doing the same thing again and again and expect a different result.
Anyway, that expression is misattributed:
They don't let us live in peace. They try to attack us everyday. They wage a proxy war against us.
We are seriously re-thinking if their nuclear weapons should be taken into account anymore.