I see what you mean (though we have had a fair amount of weapon-loving WWII invocation in the past few entries that has made me so furious). I bellieve that we can't move beyond our holding patterns of violence unless we understand that old templates for war don't apply. Yes, war is hell, but that doesn't mean we should step back and let all tactics unfold, uncriticized. Cluster bombs and suicide bombs can't be compared with trench warfare and bayonets.