Different mindset to us completely. But one that does, in the long term, win wars. The politicos would have us wrap our bullets in cotton wool if they could.
I disagree. In the short term it wins battles but in the long term brassing up locals creates hatred and further problems.
Whilst Bush Jr may have famously come out and declared GW2 over as history shows it was far from over and sadly I believe it still has a very long way to go, whether that be in Iraq or elsewhere.
No one is saying force shouldn't be used when required but by comparing Malaya/Indonesia and Vietnam you can quite clearly see that swinging a lump hammer at the problem isn't always the best method at winning a war.