[bELyVIS]

I think war today is far more stressful then in the past. In the past you knew who your enemy was. Like a Nazi, Japanese, etc. Today, they are too into this "Win their hearts and minds" BS. You can't tell who to kill or will kill you. "Kill them all and let God sort them out" is a better way to fight a war. This is why so many Vietnam and Iraq vets have problems, not knowing who might kill you.
Also, today we have weapons that can kill without giving you a chance. A missile can pinpoint a target from hundreds of miles away. Can you imagine the stress of not knowing if the building you are sleeping in will be blown up while you are asleep?
As far as people "being fucking pussies" nowadays (you realize Tenchu, you are one of us "pussies"), war never was, nor ever will be fun. I have never been in a war. I was shot once, and shot at several times, and shot at others several times (the Mexican border is still a very rough place), but could not imagine a large group shooting at me nor firing rockets or artillery at me. I don 't think anyone who has never been in a war should call modern day soldiers "pussies" or any of us that for that matter. You'd be surprised what people could do if it was necessary.