true, in both cases, russia and israel seemed to be committing the same mistake of not using their full power right from the start. sure, the russians were able to make some considerable gains after 2 years or so, but it took a huge cost of their forces before they were able to regroup and put an actual achievable war plan in practice. honestly, i can see the israeli government making the same mistake, maybe even worse if we assume that the war on gaza is forcing a sizable part of their army to focus on a different front.  honestly, i get that bibi is focusing on the "long game" here, especially with the eventual american support once trump gets into office, but i don't really see how this going to work once trump starts to get cold feet about constantly supporting the israelis.
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