Quote Originally Posted by Stu-6 View Post
Back to the root of this thread the problem with the Israeli option is that it can never end, making it a strategy of perpetual war.
True, but that raises another question: is the traditional American conceptualization of war that sees it as a discrete event with a clear beginning and end applicable in today's world? Or have we entered an age of perpetual war whether we like it or not?

Phrased differently, are we trying to operate in an age of perpetual war with a strategy based on episodic war?