Israel - Hezbollah War. Photo from MediacondomFrom Wall Street Journal:
Leaders Divided on Whether to Focus On Conventional or Irregular Combat.
A war that ended three years ago and involved not a single U.S. soldier has become the subject of an increasingly heated debate inside the Pentagon, one that could alter how the U.S. military fights in the future.
When Israel and Hezbollah battled for more than a month in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, the result was widely seen as a disaster for the Israeli military. Soon after the fighting ended, some military officers began to warn that the short, bloody and relatively conventional battle foreshadowed how future enemies of the United States might fight.
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My Comment: I do not know if the Hezbollah model will be the model that irregular militias or political organizations will adopt in conflicts with the U.S. ..... I find the Lebanese situation is very unique with its religious and ethnic/tribal composition. But in the event that it does become like that, only a few places in the world can even come close to that level of military sophistication and resources. To focus on them .... and ignoring far bigger threats .... I am not too sure if this is the direction to go.