Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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It's because it's more efficient and economical. Morals don't come into it.
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You have any data to support that? Once we control the sky do you really think it would be cheaper to use these expensive sophisticated weapons than to drop a bunch of cheap junk? Maybe even stuff leftover from vietnam? Not to mention nukes which would be much much cheaper.
There may be some non-angelic reasons like we'd like to end up with a usable country that can produce oil or something like that, but I wouldn't even put it past the military to think that killing fewer people is better.
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It is not because it is cheaper, the fact is people don't like wars, guided weapons systems like this help keep the support of the people by reducing collatoral damage, this alone makes it worth spending billions just for the political advantage. It's the morality of ordinary Americans at work, not the US government.
Mack
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