For what it's worth, I've always harbored a creeping suspicion that the 2003 Iraq invasion was really cover for dumping ethics within the context of military research.
In a war zone, there's lots of opportunities to answer questions and explore malignant curiosities that cannot be negotiated within the context of all those pesky laws and rights that get in the way of progress.
Now, because of Iraq, we know that round-the-clock close air support is the best way to dominate an asymmetric adversary, when applying mechanized armor to an urban scenario, and if it's carried out with drones? Even better!
We also know that the cold stare of eyes in the sky can all but eliminate the strategic advantage of hugging civilian populations to the point that thousands can be smoked on the ground, while keeping the cost of friendly personnel down to a number you can count with one hand!
And when you're done, and the power vacuum settles out, you can leave the entire region to descend in to a biblical war of technicals, garbage trucks of POW brutality, concubine trade, and refugee overflow frothing over into neighboring countries to the point that it destabilizes half the world, and no one will even raise an eyebrow!
In a war zone, there's lots of opportunities to answer questions and explore malignant curiosities that cannot be negotiated within the context of all those pesky laws and rights that get in the way of progress.
Now, because of Iraq, we know that round-the-clock close air support is the best way to dominate an asymmetric adversary, when applying mechanized armor to an urban scenario, and if it's carried out with drones? Even better!
We also know that the cold stare of eyes in the sky can all but eliminate the strategic advantage of hugging civilian populations to the point that thousands can be smoked on the ground, while keeping the cost of friendly personnel down to a number you can count with one hand!
And when you're done, and the power vacuum settles out, you can leave the entire region to descend in to a biblical war of technicals, garbage trucks of POW brutality, concubine trade, and refugee overflow frothing over into neighboring countries to the point that it destabilizes half the world, and no one will even raise an eyebrow!