Some of its strategists believe that even when it is being battered it is better able to sustain a drawn-out war of attrition than Israel, an affluent society which likes to get its wars over with fast.

• 它的一些决策者们认为，即便是遭受到沉重打击，他们也比倾向于尽量缩短战争的富裕的以色列社会，更能忍受持久战的考验。