A world war 2 vet once told me ordinary soldiers on both sides shot in the air mostly hoping to hit noone -& not be hit - so the miracle truce of xmas in world war one was maybe more common than previously believed -- only when pushed by higher ups greedy for career and driven by ideology was fighting conducted more brutally -- ideology and now automated warfare makes even these slithers of humanity be a thing of the past --
A world war 2 vet once told me ordinary soldiers on both sides shot in the air mostly hoping to hit noone -& not be hit - so the miracle truce of xmas in world war one was maybe more common than previously believed -- only when pushed by higher ups greedy for career and driven by ideology was fighting conducted more brutally -- ideology and now automated warfare makes even these slithers of humanity be a thing of the past --
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