More to the point, the history of warfare has shown that overwhelming force applied tends to shorten a conflict. What extends a conflict is any and all pretense to turning it into a balanced or fair "match" which is what SPORTING EVENTS are, not war.
I agree! Being the good guys gets you an Afghanistan-type conflict that goes on for over 14 years and it's still not over and isn't going to be over until next year. So, 15 years.
More people will die, which includes civilians. It's better to go nuclear (a figure of speech) on them to get it done ASAP. It saves lives.
The problem I have with Israel is that Israel is only a free society if you're Jewish. The fact that a state has been established to cater for just one religious group (where's the cultural diversity?) is loathsome at best.
