In wars, dangerous weapons are used. Sometimes soldiers are killed by the dangerous weapons used in wars, even by the dangerous weapons used by their own side. Throughout history, soldiers who went off to fight in wars were aware of that risk. Or at least they used to be. These euphemisms might have their uses for the purposes of justifying participation in a conflict, but they have the side effect of forcing everyone to forget that wars do usually result in casualties.
Weapons are hazardous to human beings, to animals, to the environment.
If the leaders of NATO countries want to avoid being responsible for all deaths altogether, they shouldn't fight any wars at all. Anne Applebaum, a journalist based in London and Warsaw, is a regular contributor to the London Sunday Telegraph and is at work on a history of Soviet concentration camps.