>>It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it. -Robert E. Lee<<
First off, I find it strange a feller from the North would quote the honorable Robert E. Lee. Gen. Lee would not have condoned dragging dead soldiers in blue uniforms through the streets.
Secondly, war is ugly, horrific, but what sets civilized humans apart from barbarians is despite the horrors of war, human decency still reigns at the end of the day. Lotsa ways to kill a man, but after death, desecrating the dead is sadomasochistic and evil. Abusing prisoners, torturing and cutting off heads, burning caged men alive is beyond the pale.
Our creator, God Almighty will not hold folks blameless for such psychopathic behavior...even in war.
51 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.
When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. 52 Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath[f] and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. 53 When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.
54 David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.
55 As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?”
Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”
56 The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”
57 As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.
58 “Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him.
David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”