We have to do what? What happy, crunchy, all-organic and naturally flavored horseshit is this?

Frankly, I am vastly uninterested in war. The morality or lack of morality inherent in blowing up people on the far side of the world is a concept that is jarringly at odds with the low-grade sociopathy that envelops, sustains and protects me from the virulent stupidity surrounding me.

However, if we are going to execute a particular course of action, can't we at least agree on doing it with a single-minded emphasis on practicality and effectiveness? I mean (as a hypothetical example), the morality of killing children as a demoralizing tactic during warfare is, arguably, objectionable... but killing children as a demoralizing tactic and then providing counseling services and perhaps fertility treatment for the parents is both objectionable and stupid. This is war, not group therapy.