People expect a mistake free war?

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My basic underlying contention is that war is a dirty, nasty business and it's impossible to wage and win a war without some inevitably bad things happening

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You're dead right. These are exactly the reasons war should not be entered into lightly, or for the wrong reasons. There are many places in the world that need "freeing" but I don't see your tax dollars being spent on those causes.