ext_36450 ([identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-11-23 10:23 pm (UTC)

Has it? Civilian casualties are inevitable these days in a war. Sherman's maxim rings truer than ever, and it's one reason that wars need a damned good reason to start in the first place. Starting one for shits and giggles the way Bush did with Iraq is by the converse *un*forgivable for just that reason. Modern firepower is too deadly to be used in senseless wars. By the same token, it's something that applies to *all* combatants be they state or non-state. Ordinarily I loathe Curtis LeMay but he was right when he said all war is immoral.

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