If you wanted to annex (or FREE, as the case may be) a neighbour country comprised of mostly your countrymen, with as little damage to infrastructure and civilian life as possible, what would you do?

You would use conventional ground units and tactics, move slowly, consolidate territory and have engineers repairing critical infrastructure as you go. Sound familiar?

Or look at it this way - If your brother in law is an abusive asshole and wants to join a group of thugs that will then try to take over YOUR house, do you carpet bomb that house with your sister, nieces and nephews in it? Or do you go in, take out the brother in law, and make sure the thugs won't try anything?

I swear - too many "COD Generals" that have no idea what is ACTUALLY at stake.