Do you have any idea what WWII was like? We destroyed many thousands of civilians in firebombings in Germany and Japan with no thought that we were attacking military targets. Our troops slaughtered surrendered prisoners on orders from commanders. War is HELL. They that begin it have put themselves there and that is where we must fight it if we are not to let Hell subsume us.
No, I don't. I wasn't born then.
I do have some idea what tensions combat creates though. I was in the military for seven years.
Yes we did kill many civilians in WW II but remember, that was nation against nation. We don't have that type of war going on in the present day.
IF our troops slaughtered surrendered prisoners on the orders of their commanders then both commanders and troops should have been brought before a court and charged with war crimes. Do you know if this happened?
They that begin it have put themselves there and that is where we must fight it if we are not to let Hell subsume us.
There is no nation that "began" it.
Once again, we are not fighting nation against nation. If we can prove that a nation supported terrorism, like Afghanistan or Iraq, we SHOULD move against that nation, just as we did.
Because the government of that nation acted against our interest doesn't give us carte blanche to create the hellstorm of firebombings as we did in WW II.
If we don't live up to our reputation, which is a good one in the international community as far as war goes, we become, little by little, as bad as the terrorists we fight against.