Justifiable War?

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Originally posted by el pres@May 31 2005, 08:09 AM
There has not been any modern warfare fought on US soil, could that be a reason that the people cant really understand the true horror of civilian casualties?

very keen observation...the year was 1980, I just came to USA and was talking to an older female collegue about the USSR, The Second World War, about the blockade of Leningrad by Germans when 3/4 of the city population have died from starvation...she interrupted me with:
Yes, I remember those war days in USA, it was real difficult times,
I couldn't even get my husband a white shirt for Xmass!"

THAT was her definition of "war horrors"