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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Well, things have gotten a little better- in the 1960s, they killed 55K soldiers in a futile war based on lies. IMHO, what is needed is a universal draft, no section 2 deferments- put everyone in harm's way, and let's see how well military adventurism works. It's easy to fight wars when the general population is not at risk- only those who volunttered for the duty. Volunteer armies are positively un-American.
But people really don't learn much. War was so much fun in the 1860s that many civilians took picnic lunches to a convenient ridge near Washington DC, overlooking a battle site, so that they could enjoy the mayhem. Is that much different than the vicarious thrills one gets through CNN war coverage? Sorry if I sound so depressing on this topic, but wars for profit (and so many of them are) are frankly disgusting.
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Has there honestly ever been a war that didn't have a profit motive on one side or the other ... or both?? Those fought over land, for power, even for religion ... it's really all just economics in the end. The other stuff is just a mass excuse for all the killing ... a way to differentiate war from murder.
Like they say out here .... "dead is dead, no matter how you got that way."