Certainly, Americans value life far differently than other cultures and peoples. Resources Available . Resources influence strategy, especially at the strategic and operational levels. But this relationship does not imply that strategy is 'determined' by resources. While doctrine shows how things should be done in an ideal world, strategy dictates how things will actually be done in the real world.
Resources are one of the constraints that help mold and shape strategy.
Enemy Capabilities . Not only do our friendly resources available affect our ultimate choice of strategy, but also our enemy's resources and capabilities, too. Enemy actions directly influence our choice of national security strategy and national military strategy alike. Common sense dictates that air campaign planners select a course of action and strategy based upon our adversary's likely response. Obviously, our choice of an air campaign strategy against a powerful nation such as China would be quite different from one developed to counter an uprising in Peru.