Div,
Sad to say, but that's what war is, that's what war does. Realizing this, all the post mortem hand wringing has always mystified me. One would think that when a country such as ours relies upon warfare as a means of statecraft and diplomacy that other people, civilians, women, and children will die.

The alternative is to abandon warfare as a means of statecraft and diplomacy. But I don't suppose anyone would have the nerve to propose that as a serious measure, outside of a few idealistic Quakers and Mennonites. Everybody knows that war is good business, right??????
Jim