I completely agree that it's awful. But, unfortunately, that is our world. I'd love to waive a magic wand and make war disapear, but it's not going to happen. We can only try to minimize it as much as possible. That's a goal I'm sure we can both agree upon.
But to try to circle this back to the OP, I'm much more interested in the question "why did he change his mind" than I am dismissing him as a madman. He's obviously no more mad than the billions of people that have accepted war as an unfortunate, sometimes inevitable, event. After all:
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Originally Posted by roachboy
violence is no more or less real than non-violence.
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I will say that there are times where planning the deaths of thousands in battle is completely morally justified. And it's a very different phenomena if it's a defensive act to preserve lives. But again, that's only possible once the full story gets out.