What is needed is a fresh view of what is going on in warfare- and it seems to me that the most rational and uncomplicated way of looking at things is based on motivation. Gain. Who gets what. Hence my decision to see it as a power-play, not really as a morality-play, despite the fact that ethnic identities in the Middle East are bound up with religious ones.
It seems to me that a main reason for otherwise inexplicably unnecessary military campaigns is simply for countries to use the army they have. Use it or lose it, give the troops a chance to get real experience. The reasoning and excuses may well come later. Whilst this can have horrendous consequences for any civilians in the vicinity, it may well be the missing explanation I was looking for. An insane proposition for the most insane activity known to man- modern war itself.
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