Clean war

There are a number of experts saying that Israel must be careful not to go head long into Gaza. Recent history has shown that it is one thing to drive out the bad guys but another to own what you have created. It was quick success in defeating the Taliban but then we were stuck with Afghanistan. It was called success when the Iraqi Republican Army was driven out of Kuwait and later when Saddam was killed but then what to do with Iraq. It is easier to start a war than to end it. Everyone is all on Israel's side but when Palestinians civilians start to die the press will quickly see things differently. What people want is a clean war. No collateral damage but that is not the way things work.