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I agree with unfixed. Rancor very seldom fixes any problem; just makes the situation worse. Full scale involvement of civilians did not occur until World War two. Most of World War one was fought in trenches in France, with a few minlr exceptions that perhaps in themselves made the drastic switch in tactics 25 years later "acceptable". War is a terrible thing, and should be avoided at any reasonable cost. But, in WWII, how many chances did the Europeans give Herr Hitler, making it possible for him to build up forces that nearly took over the entire continent "I have in my hand, a document signed by Herr Hitler which guarantees peace in our time". Chamberlain......

Perhaps the West should have not become involved in the Middle Eastern situation. Leadership over there is feudal in nature and by their religious tenets not at all tolerant of any other belief system (convert, submit, or die...read the Quoran). Perhaps that would have been the best place for the rest of the world to have built an "Iron Curtain". But, there are those in the "rest of the world" who do not think that people should be gassed, beheaded, or murdered in any number of ways by the tens of thousands, and who think that life is precious. And, among these are individuals ready to place themselves in harms way to give that ideal a chance. No pate is 100% true; no situation is purely black or white. However, as millions of ghosts in Stalingtsd, Krakow, Auschwitz and a thousand other places will attest, give a demented individual enough power, and the world will sooner or later have to deal with him. And by that time the price is even higher.