> “Even for that time period, it violated civilized notions of war,” ... whilst we'd love to think things have improved since that 'time period', one look at r

> “Even for that time period, it violated civilized notions of war,” ... whilst we'd love to think things have improved since that 'time period', one look at recent current events would probably give us pause to question how much more 'civilised' warfare truly is today than in the past.