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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/634525.html
Rejection of the War of Attrition
(Ha'aretz) Amir Oren - The common denominator of Israeli and American policy is the rejection of the war of attrition which adversaries are trying to impose. American policy since September 11, 2001, has been a reaction to the attrition efforts being fomented by errant organizations and regimes and, if there must be attrition, to wage the war far from home. Sources in the General Staff and in Southern Command say that a significant change by new IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is the breathing space he gives the air and ground forces to complete an operation instead of stopping it on the brink of success.