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I've often contended
azstrummer — (archived)

that our move into becoming high tech warriors where we sit in these robotic contraptions often hundreds of miles away from the action and lob our instruments of death into countries that are fighting with WWII style weapons, creates in those societies the impression of cowardly thugs.

Obviously, for most of us that's not our intent and we'd be remiss in not trying to use every piece of technology we can come up with to prevent the death and injury of our fighting men but what this illustrates is that a country that is so heavily armed must avoid conflict at all cost.

Conflict exacts a toll on both sides equally no matter who the "winner" is. Even if your side is able to roll over the opposing armies and insurgents without a scratch, the damage to you is in your image to the families and survivors of the carnage. Whatever noble mission you may have undertaken means nothing to them when they see the twisted remains of their homes and loved ones.

In WWII, all sides in the conflict, until we introduced the nuclear weapons dropped on Japan, were virtually equal in the weaponry and defensive structures deployed. In recent warfare, our side has this "big brother" image to these virtual third world countries we're invading and occupying. I can never imagine what it would be like to see contraptions such as that armored vehicle out of science fiction rolling down my street or what it would be like to have a squad of our soldiers in full body armor and night vision equipment show up at my door. All I know is that if I were not completely behind that invading force's mission, my options at resisting would resemble greatly the roadside bombs and "terrorist" tactics we see deployed against us.

Art

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