01-21-2005, 11:47 PM
jahcs,Jan 21 2005, 04:35 PM Wrote:"They don't want to blow up things... they don't intend to hit." Check your target before releasing sarcasm. If they didn't care about the right target or collateral damage then instead of a smart bomb we would be seeing footage of Arclight missions on the nightly news.
Our soldiers and government employees took a job that entails doing their best to hit what they are shooting at. They aren't perfect, but they try damn hard. Our military is one of the best equipped and most well trained in the world. They do get it right most of the time.
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Sure. But they *are* going to blow up things they don't intend to hit. And not in trivial quantities, either. So, either they don't know that, which is inconceivable, or they still prefer the job to the alternatives. I think I'd have to be pretty damn motivated before I picked a job where, even if correctly performed, there was going to be a trail of ruined innocent lives in my wake. I wonder what provides that motivation for other people.
Jester