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Re: Factions (and violence)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:24:52 GMT
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Magnus Lauglo wrote:
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> In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes:
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> > the war plane itself (be it biplane, divebomber, or stealth fighter) was built
> > with the idea of being used to strategically bomb. the first bombing raid was
> > done by Italy before ww1 while attacking the Turkish territory of libya. i • dont
> > know too much about the sopwith camel specifically, but im sure it either
> > bombed enemy troops or fired on them.
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> Well believe it or not, when the Wright brothers inveted the plane, they had
> envisioned it as something that would make war less violent, because they
> thought that it would allow generals to spy on each other and stuff, and avoid
> needless casualties. What could they know?
Well, in some ways that's perhaps true. What were the total casualties
in Iraq compared to other wars of comparable scope? While Iraq certainly
reminded us of what "precision" means with respect to tossing bombs
hundreds of miles, we certainly didn't flatten Iraq to the same extent
as say Dresden, and we sure didn't tear up the ground as much as WWI
did.
On the other hand of course, one can point out that aircraft allowed a
dramatic expansion of the scope of war because of their capability to
reach hundreds of miles behind the front lines.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Yes, but WWI only tore up the ground in the immediate vicinity of, say, Passchendaele, and that was over four years of intense, repeated bombardment. Beyond the first 30 miles or so of the "front," levels of destruction dropped dramatically. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) dont (...) Well believe it or not, when the Wright brothers inveted the plane, they had envisioned it as something that would make war less violent, because they thought that it would allow generals to spy on each other and stuff, and avoid (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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