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You're kidding, right? The operation in the Iraq War (2003) was a shit show -- we steamrolled Iraq's entire public infrastructure, funneled untold millions/bil
by ihsw 11y ago
You're kidding, right?
The operation in the Iraq War (2003) was a shit show -- we steamrolled Iraq's entire public infrastructure, funneled untold millions/billions into Islamist and Western militias, and killed/wounded tens of thousands of Americans, Iraqis, or otherwise.
In Yemen and Afghanistan we send drones over with abandon, not taking care to avoid civilians or that we're hitting the right target.
And after all that, hundreds of billions of dollars are thrown away. Not only is collateral damage there but it's here too -- we are wasting money on dubious programs that have no measurable indicator of success and no end in sight.
War is every bit as ugly as it was a century ago.
- sliverstorm 11y agoThey weren't perfect, but were they close to the firebombing of tokyo?
- walshemj 11y agoNo I am not - you can't compare Iraq to fire bombing Dresden or Tokyo with a single air raid killing 50k plus in a single night. Let alone what happened on the ground in ww2 read Bevors Stalingrad or Berlin. IRAQ was a CF but its relatively more humane than ww2
- afarrell 11y agoOkay, you've demonstrated that modern war is horrific and especially really expensive. That doesn't actually prove your point since you haven't made a comparison.
- reitanqild 11y agoWar is every bit as ugly as it was a century ago. Disagree, as far as I understand at least Americans and western Europeans don't systematically rape civilians. Firebombing civilian areas isn't as acceptable as it used to be etc etc. Really cruel things still does happen but it could have been a whole lot worse. I'm of the opinion that as an unarmed civilian I'd much rather meet an angry, armed soldier than about any other equally angry equally armed person. Then again, my limited training and lack of combat experience might have rendered me a bit naive. And: IIRC drone operators, at least many of them, aren't soldiers which has been pointed out as a problem even by US military, again IIRC.