Thoughts
“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it”
-William Sherman
Sherman was one of the first people in modern times to employ “total war.” He stole supplies, burned homes, and had approximately zero respect for the people he was attacking. The quote continues, “those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.”
Sherman said “war is hell,” but he made war hell. He thought they deserved hell.
I agree with Sherman that you can’t refine the cruelty of war.