Originally Posted by heckler

I often feel the military isn't getting any less civilians killed as time goes on, they just get better at making sure it is the other sides civilians.

1 death is obviously too many, but I am amazed at the ratio of American:"bad guy" deaths and casualty rates in this modern time. It costs a few trillion $$$ more, but it seems slightly less meat grinderish even compared to 40 years ago.