[Mr. Mojo]

Israel's problems in the region are identical to ours in this respect: when opposing an enemy nation's conventional armed forces (army, navy, air force) neither us nor the Israelis have much difficulty, but when attempting to fight terrorists hiding in the shadows who use civilians as human shields/props and target civilians almost exclusively we both run into big problems. ....as all civilized nations do.

It would be a serious mistake to assume that because America and Israel have a tough time fighting terrorists who "fight" in this manner that either nation is somehow not up to its previous miltiary butt-kicking capabilities. ......as I suspect the deluded will be finding out soon enough.

[HitmanLV]

I agree, but Israel clearly lost a lot of face and came across as inept and losing.

I hope they have the clarity to see what the problems were and address them.