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Originally Posted by Professor S
My thoughts are that the better weapons we get, the less colateral damage we cause, and the fewer innocent citizens that are killed in war. War is an an inevitability of human existence. Its better to make it more "civilized" I guess? Sounds weird to put it that way...
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I think war is somewhat less civilized than it used to be. Back before world war I, war was about tactics, the goal being to rout the enemy to attain victory (at least in warfare of the European kind) rather than kill everybody.
Since world war I though, war has been about attrition, and the increase in weapons technology just increases the horrible slaughter.