| i think that these people are trying to make their hopes into reality. war is not less deadly. sure, we havent faced anyone who's inflicted real casualties on us in a long time (i dont mean this in disrespect of the people who have given thier lives in Iraq). they want to think that war is less deadly. if we had taken on a country like Iraq in the 1940's, there would not have been as many casualties.
also, another reason people think wars are less deadly is all those "precision" weapons, and bulletproof vests. we have placed a lot of importance on the safety of non combatants, and gone to great lengths to preserve innocent lives, but these people seem to think that that means that war is less deadly, when it is not, its just more focused on one area, the enemy combatants. |