mike wrote:

It ain't either-or.

They don't stay "there". They come home.
They come home disillusioned, conditioned to do unspeakable things to
other human beings, abandoned by their government, unemployed and
armed. War for no good reason is expensive. The aftermath of the effort
is
very expensive.

If you believe that, then there's even more reason to keep them overseas
killing enemies of this great republic.


No amount of ordinance is gonna cause a culture that's been around
forever to change its fundamental beliefs.

Dead people don't dance.