The way in which war is fought, or the level of barbarism affects casualties. Since we have a smaller fighting force we do a lot of preemptive bombing in order to risk less loss to our own troops, but this has the effect of killing more innocent civilians. I’m not criticizing this, but I do hate war and am uncomfortable with the way we approach it. I’m wondering how the average American views our losses in past wars – that is I’d think most would not realize how much greater the loss of life was for our allies and civilians. Our greatest loss was in the Civil War and no one can identify with it as it was long ago. I’d always heard huge numbers for the losses the Russians took in WWII, but wanted more facts. Found this link that graphically shows what I’m talking about. Check it out
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/ww2-loss.htm
My feeling is we’re so insulated from what really goes on that we’re becoming more militaristic. What do you think?