[Mariner]

Of course, the Allies in WWII did a very effective way of killing their way out of their security problems.

[Equine1952]

It took Nagasaki and Hiroshima to do it. It would work again but the cost might outweigh the gains.

[bobbo666]

That works only if you really are OK with killing all your enemies. If you go to war with the intent of an armistice, you wasted your soldiers’ lives.

[Jim Noble]

Comparing Israel’s military resources to the USA + British Empire + USSR (which could well have lost anyway) is a bit of a stretch, no?

[Antoninus]

Of course, the Allies in WWII did a very effective way of killing their way out of their security problems.

Yup. Is that what you wanted in Iran? A D-Day style invasion against a nation every bit as fanatical as Imperial Japan? The percentage of Americans who have the stomach for that is about 3%, and almost none of those people would be on the front lines.