Opinion | The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie

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Opinion | The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie
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'There is dominant propaganda that seems to suggest war can be conducted according to a set of acceptable, standardized, and abstract rules,' writes PublicAnthropol commondreams. But here's the problem: It can't.

Similar stories are emerging in the current war in Ukraine too, even though mostly still “unconfirmed.” With the information war obfuscating the distinction between reality and fantasy, we don’t know if and when we will be able to verify videos such as one showing a Ukrainian soldier talking on the phone with the mom of a killed Russian soldier and making fun of her, orshooting prisoners to make them permanently injured, or news about Russian soldiers sexually assaulting women.

The idea of a clean and efficient war is a lie. War is a chaotic universe of military strategies intertwined with inhumanity, violations, uncertainty, doubts, and deceit. In all combat zones emotions such as fear, shame, joy, excitement, surprise, anger, cruelty, and compassion co-exist.

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