After all, their hands are clean. For those of us with the courage to confront the horror of war, and call it what it is, there can be no thought of any war other than one of self-defense. Even with decent soldiers, raised as gentlemen and brought up in the church the sheer madness of armed conflict will lead to excesses. When wielding a bayonet or a trenching tool, it is often hard to know when to stop. With automatic weapons and air strikes it becomes a moot point anyway.
Soldiers are just for peace keeping.
Rest assured that time and diplomatic incompetence will cure us of that particular fantasy in short order. No rich boys, nope, not a single government figure lost his boy over there. Having considered all this, I ask myself how on earth anyone could consider secessionists to be extremists. As a Confederate-American I was unwilling to share any of the guilt for their barbarous conduct towards the Christian population of our long time ally, Serbia. Like many other combat vets, I spoke out publicly against that atrocity.