Add in economic casualties - start with your kids
Yes we have lovely automation now. One soldier carries more firepower than was used in the entire civil war (I made that up - might be right - who knows?). So fewer (of our) people die. But we and our kids and most likely their kids will be paying for this mess. The costs are huge - and for what?
Nothing, nada, zip, zero. All we have done is destroy the US's reputation abroad, inflame the ragheaded psychos, bankrupt the treasury, and forfeit the high ground by use of stupid ineffective interrogation techniques.
