re: Changing . . .
I don't mind the change, as I've handled it many times in the past. When it's a fight to the finish, you have to go to their level, and often beyond. Failure to do so results in personal, as well as personnel, annihilation. I don't think or the Coalition Forces could live with that.
As for the road home, we haven't seen it yet. The war is, after all, barely begun.
Cheers,
Dan
--ps--
"When you find there is no way out -- surprise your opponent."
--Bruce Lee