War's a profanity because, let's face it, you've got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes