Not really. We got involved in a a war of gradual escalation ruling out strategic targets initially such as ports and dams. Only towards the end with Operation Linebacker I and II did we bomb heavily strategic targets. We allowed the North Vietnamese and their allies time to adjust to each escalation. Since WWIi, the U.S. has not fought to win. We have allowed concerns over civilian casualties and a fear of widening the conflict to influence how we conduct our wars.
We have created the expectation of sterile, antiseptic wars, a result of the fact that our national survival was not at stake. The fire bombings of Tokyo, Dresden, Hamburg etc. would be unthinkable today.
The US CANNOT fight to win without THIS:
the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial Government of Japan; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.