If I understand right: You argue that no war is worth high collateral damage, even if involved democracies (more or less) follow the laws of war? How about if

If I understand right: You argue that no war is worth high collateral damage, even if involved democracies (more or less) follow the laws of war? How about if a junta relies on that a democracy don't want to pay those prices and creates a situation where blood will flow if they don't get their will? Arguably, both Japan 1945 and Saddam Hussein are cases of that. Do you REALLY want dictators to rely on using their own people's suffering to get out of e.g. sanctions or surrender? I doubt it... Sorry for coming in late. I bother writing these answers because I used to have similar opinions as you before my hair started to fall out. You are a standin for a young berntb, I guess.