Whispering Death
Active member
I've heard this claimed in one way or another by the normal american I talk to VERY frequently. I find it quite disturbing, but I want your opinion on it.
When I compare the 300,000 death toll in WW2 that America suffered to the 1,900 in Iraq currently the response is frequently, "Yeah, but war is different now." Now this is true in a good number of ways, yes. But one thing that is constantly brought up is basically "war is less deadly, fewer people die in wars now" which makes my jaw drop in bufuddlement.
How can these people look at 120mm sabot rounds capable of taking down an enemy tank from 2 miles away, B-52 bombers that can drop 70,000 pounds of ordanaince each, and a world where anybody can take a truck and use it to blow up hundreds of people, and think war is 'less deadly'?
When I compare the 300,000 death toll in WW2 that America suffered to the 1,900 in Iraq currently the response is frequently, "Yeah, but war is different now." Now this is true in a good number of ways, yes. But one thing that is constantly brought up is basically "war is less deadly, fewer people die in wars now" which makes my jaw drop in bufuddlement.
How can these people look at 120mm sabot rounds capable of taking down an enemy tank from 2 miles away, B-52 bombers that can drop 70,000 pounds of ordanaince each, and a world where anybody can take a truck and use it to blow up hundreds of people, and think war is 'less deadly'?