The article confuses "Wars" and "battles" as the same which is not a reasonable position but the summary bothers me most in this embracing our allies clap. When have we had allies that we could, or would be our equal allies?
A nation has to do what a nation has to do to survive and the hell with embracing anying except killing your enemy.
This approach may well produce never-ending war. "There is no longer the need to blow up an entire city when only a handful of buildings harbor the enemy."