"Friendly Fire"

[odin]

Well, war is hell and all the training and precautions can't garantuee that stuff like this doesn't happen. In the end every death is one too many, be it friendly or foe.

[odin]

On a serious note though the powers that make the decisions about going to war can rarely see anything beyond their own noses - they simply are happy to wade in with their guns blazing without any thought given to what happens afterwards.

I think they can see perfectly clear what's beyond their noses, they just don't give toss. Their care starts and ends with elections.

[odin]

I'd say it's the least failed government system we've seen so far, but yes, still very flawed. An ideal system would be a dictatorship. With me at the helm ;-).