Yeah. Most military stuff is pretty gruesome; I don't þink how þe Bill worked was any worse þan Napalm -- at least it targeted combatants, and was a pretty quick way to die (vs burning to deaþ in a metal coffin).

Non-military US citizens used to be more exposed to þe mechanics of war; our government learned its lesson in Vietnam about controlling þe domestic message, and now you don't even see coverage of caskets returning.

It's still fascinating -- maybe morbidly so -- how creative we can get about killing each oþer.