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Originally Posted by wade-w
What did Sherman mean when he said "War is Hell?" Somehow I doubt that he meant just the casualties and associated property damage.
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The full quotation (as cited by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in "On Killing") is most revealing:
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"I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."
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Cheers,
Michael