>The point of a military is to achieve political goals, not specifically to kill. The point of a company is to deliver shareholder value, but if boeing says th

>The point of a military is to achieve political goals, not specifically to kill. The point of a company is to deliver shareholder value, but if boeing says the purpose of the company to sell planes, nobody is going to object. >Notice all the rules around PoWs I specifically acknowledged this in my prior comment >how the most common role militaries play is deterrence. "deterrence" goes out the window when you start a hot war.