wars

[Touchstone]

war was and is always fought for greed and has absolutely nothing to do with"freedom"

I agree with that. Homo sapiens have always fought in increasingly creative ways for control of resources. That's the reason we're now the dominant lifeform on this planet. Like it or not, survival of the fittest is the fundamental driving force of every living thing and it has absolutely nothing to do with freedom or fair play.

And yes, you are right, Billy....in the days of old, men were men, even in war. They had honor back then by honoring each other....even while in battle! They were fair.

I completely disagree with that. We read histories of old battles, far far far removed from the reality; almost always written by the survivors and the victors. In contrast, we see high resolution colour footage 24x7 of modern battles, complete with reporters giving voice to civilians who have had their homes bombed literally minutes beforehand. That we're far more in tune today with what really goes on when people fight doesn't mean they fight dirtier today than ever before. If anything, the intense scrutiny is more likely to stay the hand. The soldiers and citizens of Iraq got off far more lightly than the citizens of Hiroshima, to name but one relatively recent example. Slightly further back, British soldiers executed their fellows in the first world war for the "crime" of suffering from shell shock.