"The public's mistaken perception that the U.S. military can fire munitions into a civilian area without harming noncombatants makes many Americans much more willing to back the use of military force. For example, this
war-industry hype helped convince the Society of Christian Ethics to declare the Afghanistan war a "just war" in 2002. There is no such thing as a humane war, and our inability to admit this to ourselves just butchered more than 10 noncombatants, including 5
children." (thanks Olivia)