Are these called valid objectives? justifiable? is it about imposing or self-surpassing, to demonstrate ... what? who wins and who loses, really?
good and bad. innocent and guilty.
In search of a reason, supernatural excuse if necessary to justify the impure acts of human wars. War should be something humanly forbidden, judged, eliminated. and yet we continue to carry it out with pride.
“War don't ennoble men, it turns' em into dogs. It poisons the soul. "
-James Jones, The Thin Red Line