to Netz.....
“Israel is hypersensitive to losses and you would be too if, after this war’s casualties, you lost 64 men. Israel’s 64 men = 2,500 US Servicemen. Those losses for a 30 day period?? Would we be willing to loose that many men in that short of a time?”.......
The U.S. has done that several times, look at Viet Nam, Iraq and now Afghanistan. How many of our sons and daughters have died for NOTHING? We no longer go to war to WIN it seems more likely to help reduce our over populated young people.
You are correct that we seem to think we CAN'T win after all, what is “winning” other than the total and absolute defeat of the enemy, as in WWII.
If you are going to invest the resources, manpower and life's blood of the nation, at least obliterate the enemy.
Israel has the same dilemma. This is the 3rd round with HAMAS since 2007! Israel will eventually have to destroy them or...the West will wise up and seriously limit what goes into Gaza.
Either way, the national will of the West is in a Latte Coffee cup and not on the battlefield!