<p><pre><code>  War is every bit as ugly as it was a century ago.
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Disagree, as far as I understand at least Americans and western Europeans don&#x27;t systematically rape civilians. Firebombing civilian areas isn&#x27;t as acceptable as it used to be etc etc.<p>Really cruel things still does happen but it could have been a whole lot worse.<p>I&#x27;m of the opinion that as an unarmed civilian I&#x27;d much rather meet an angry, armed soldier than about any other equally angry equally armed person. Then again, my limited training and lack of combat experience might have rendered me a bit naive.<p>And: IIRC drone operators, at least many of them, aren&#x27;t soldiers which has been pointed out as a problem even by US military, again IIRC.