Consulting the fellow occupier

"Facing a bloody insurgency by guerrillas who label it an 'occupier,'" the LA Times reports, "the U.S. military has quietly turned to an ally experienced with occupation and uprisings: Israel."

Here's a gem from the article:

U.S. officials were particularly interested in the "balancing act" that Israeli officials say they have tried to pursue between fighting armed groups and trying to spare civilians during decades of patrolling the occupied territories.

In what world does the IDF do an adequate job "sparing civilians"? Certainly not in this one.