War is hell

Here is a news item that shows that people do not understand war. The United States is supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine to help defend its territory against Russia, despite concerns from human rights groups that the deployment of such weapons endangers civilians. This attempt to clean up war is a misunderstanding of what war is all about. The last war that the US understood was WW 2 when the purpose was to win. This meant deliberately bombing civilians in order to demoralize the enemy and bring and end to the hostilities. Since that war generals have been replaced by politicians and keeping war neat has been the goal. There was an incident during the Iraq war when caravans of oil trucks moving oil to Turkey for sale were common place. These were perfect targets for bombing but this was not done for fear of killing the drivers. In many cases soldiers were given orders not to fire unless fired upon. All these things that come under the heading of preventing collateral damage merely prolong the agony. The rule should be if you are going to war either go to win or stay home. In an old sci fi movie two planets in the same solar system had been at war for generations and they devised a scheme to limit damage. The incoming rockets would be computer generated and the destruction would be avoided but then by agreement the number of people supposedly killed would be marched into gas chambers to die. This would be considered a clean war. If this sounds to far fetched consider the fact that neutron bombs have been developed to kill people through radiation without causing any property damage. As they say war is hell even if you try to make it less so.