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“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.” Patton All weapons are the weapons of cowards. It isn't fair that alm
by cmdkeen 13y ago
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.” Patton
All weapons are the weapons of cowards. It isn't fair that almost all the weapons we use in Afghanistan are superior to our enemies, and it isn't fair that they resort with IEDs and suicide bombs.
If you have equal weapons then you look for superiority in numbers or tactics. Long gone are the days when "honourable" war meant agreeing to fight pitched battles on terrain that suited neither side and both sides knew was coming. Those "honourable" wars were also the most brutal to both prisoners and civilians.
- dreamfactory 13y agoA related point is that we used to have conscription and it was much harder to get elected if you didn't have a good record of service. This meant that leaders thought much harder about going to war and there was a genuine political cost in that the masses had a better grasp on the implications.