>>719196520
>sure, but sucking all the concepts of 'glory' and 'honor' out of war is objectively a good thing
No, it's actually not.
>ideally the picture people have of war should not be
To whose ideal and to what end? You understand the magnitude of your pretense, right?
>>men bravely charging at the enemy, killing as many as they can before suffering a valiant defeat
Correct idea, but it must be tempered in realism of
>a miserable man sits in a muddy trench and something drops into his lap, blowing apart most of his lower half 2 seconds later; he clings to life for nearly 4 minutes, dying alone for nothing
Because this misery on its own creates a world of cowardice you live in today, and cowards, domesticated manchildren and their overbearing keepers, are easily exploited.
>dying alone for nothing
Maybe if one had nothing to live for, or has chosen, or been chosen to work for actually unjust and unironically dishonorable people.
Some of these domesticated people might join sorely so as to not listen to the "war bad" crowd because they're annoying and do not understand.