The nuclear option has obviously not been in the top three tiers of “choice” selected. Pity. While the employment history is limited, the attrition level is acceptable, given certain heinous alternatives.
There is no such thing as “avoiding civilian casualties” in warfare, particularly in nations who intentionally position offensive military operations(AKA high value targets) in high civilian population areas.
But let me give you a basic survival tip, familyop.
If the leaders of your nation openly declare themselves to be at, or desirous of waging war against another nation...either don yourself a uniform, overthrow your leaders, or get the hell out of that country. I see Israels regional role in different terms. Israel has habitually blocked the USA from attacking all those Islamic nations who have self-declared themselves to be the mortal enemies of the USA. Perhaps they all have played their sick semantic games too long, and believe themselves immune from real world consequences. They want to go to hell, we want to send them there. Win/Win. The rest of the world can avoid civilian casualties.
familyop: hearing basic survival tips from women since his first 13 weeks at Ft. Leonard Wood.
Israel’s not blocking our government from fighting the war against radical Islamists. The hags and their SNAGs (sensitive New Age guys) in politics—watching too many police shows on television—have been doing that.