Basically, yes. Though in our case it might end up looking quite a lot like overkill, sometimes, considering our... ah, relative size towards quite a lot of others in the galaxy...

[He grunts then, sweeping a leg out to catch another little group of the critters in the flame from his thruster.]

Indeed. Hopefully the other fronts are facing similar opponents...

[But he would guess not... And he hoped Starscream was all right, despite his very ill-advised and frustrating decision.]