Wow, are we okay with raping and killing women and children too? That's a war tactic. Quite demoralizing, and it asserts your military's superiority.
The idea isn't just to win in war; it is to win while maintaining your humanity. The U.S. is still recovering from the fallout. It is as much apparent today as it was all those decades ago. (At least I'd like to think there is a recovery process.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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