Or, you know, we could just stop sending our young people out to get blown up... Kudos to the DoD for funding these experiments but they're solving a problem of their own creation...
The DoD didn't invent war. It doesn't declare war. It just fights wars.
Who sends our young people to be blown up? Our elected leadership.
So we all made this problem.
I think we need to market images of badly disfigured veterans as a tragedy instead of an honor.
- 1796 and 1797
- 1807, 1808 and 1809
- 1826
- 1828, 1829 and 1830
- 1897
- 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940
- 1976, 1977 and 1978
- 1997
- 2000
This list counts major wars until 2016. Some of the wars led in this time were of defensive nature. This list does not account for covert operations and other, similar acts that might be considered war.
The mainland United States has not been attacked as a part of a military operation in the modern era, so the defensive claim is questionable.
I would have hoped that the Nuremberg trials had put an end to that line of thinking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
Yes, responsibility for the horrors of war. But not the decision to declare war.
Humans create war. It is in our nature. Every tiny effort to improve lives and perform these miracles should be cherished and encouraged, regardless of military background. It is perhaps one of the few ways we have to overcome conflict and look towards a better future.
Unfortunately, there will always be bad people and the only way to keep the innocent safe is for good people to step in and do difficult things.
Surprisingly, most of the times you don’t get bites by simply not sticking your nose into every wasp nest. Still, doing that creates enough chaos and green light to “protect by any means necessary”.
Pretty neat plan. Not sure how it ends.
And this is not specific to US, if that matters.