[Alas Babylon!]

What is that quote from George Orwell, writer of Animal Farm, 1984 and Politics and the English Language?

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell

[rodguy911]

My tagline agrees with you: Home of the free because of the brave!

[kabar]

Unfortunately, too many people seem to believe we can fight antiseptic wars where only the bad guys are killed with no collateral damage. This is the luxury we have now because the wars we have been engaged in since WWII have not been about national survival. Unconditional surrender is no longer an objective.

In WWII we did whatever was necessary to win. We intentionally tried to kill as many civilians as possible during various bombing campaigns. The UK's Bomber Harris comes to mind. The winners decide what is moral and immoral. I never agreed with the Nuremberg War trials and its counterpart for the Japanese. You don't need public show trials to hold people accountable.