In this particular instance, we are not talking about stopping the war, but about choosing our battles a little more wisely. You seem convinced that any consideration of a change of strategy is tatamount to surrender.
Great! I think we are on common ground. I am not opposed to any suggestion that can potentially make this war more effective (and, speaking of costs, efficient, too). At the level of details, I do not have sufficiently well-formed opinions because I have not studied the issue --- as that of policy-making -- thoroughly.
No, I do not view changes as surrender.