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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
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.
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Regardless of the realities of history, this is still just an opinion nevertheless.
That said, I discern a difference between planning an actual battle between opposing armies and, say, the razing of a city. And I daresay I'm not alone in this observation because of the trouble our military goes to to ensure us that we never target civilians intentionally. Which is a load of horseshit, of course, but indicative of what 'modern Americans' believe about themselves. I experience no cognitive dissonance from acknowledging my own ideals and how thoroughly trampled they are by reality. And I'm certainly not going to buy into either a defeatist view where I am relegated to accepting what repulses me or ennobling it by attributing ridiculous moral virtues to it.
And that's about it.