[gruez]

>The point of a military is to achieve political goals, not specifically to kill.

The point of a company is to deliver shareholder value, but if boeing says the purpose of the company to sell planes, nobody is going to object.

>Notice all the rules around PoWs

I specifically acknowledged this in my prior comment

>how the most common role militaries play is deterrence.

"deterrence" goes out the window when you start a hot war.