That's ivory tower thinking. Most human evolution occurs during war. War is the only reason the human brain evolved far beyond that needed to find food. When two tribes have a disagreement, war weighs which side has the more fit genetics and culture, and usually most of the losing side, including the civilians, are killed off. War is really high speed evolution and is what separated humans from more slowly evolving animals. Improvements in genetics or culture that might take thousands of years to be selected for naturally are selected for in a few years of war.
That being said, civilians normally die during war. The recent Iraq war was an oddity. Wars don't usually play out so clean. That can only happen in the rare case when the fight is lopsided.
Don't believe that man has suddenly changed his nature. In most future wars, civilians will not be spared as they were in Iraq.
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of ivory tower men.
Don't even bother. I am shocked at the statements of some of idiots on FR.
The fact is that man has been at war since his creation. You are either going to get killed in war or kill the enemy yourself. There is no in between. Anyone who believes otherwise denies thousands of years of history. They forget, Carthage, Attila, the Shoguns, etc. They are basically idiots who know nothing other than their shallow overpaid education told them.
Do these fools honestly believe that the Japs or Germans would not havbe bombed us first if they could or would?
It was our only option!