The cost of a military operation is not in dollars, but in lives. How many dead soldiers are worth saving a few million dollars on bombs? American doctrine is

The cost of a military operation is not in dollars, but in lives. How many dead soldiers are worth saving a few million dollars on bombs? American doctrine is and always has been peace through overwhelming firepower. You don’t want a “fair fight” in war. The objective is to obliterate the enemy through any means possible, and avoid harm at all costs.