> the people who lead military organizations, in most cases, have thought quite long and hard about their moral positions. It is the nature of the business, when sending people to die, to question everything about yourself.
Do you have any data backing up this claim? To me, it sounds like wishful thinking. The detailed and well studied cases that I can think of, eg: Mylai Massacre, the murder and subsequent coverup of Patrick Tillman, the murder of Laveena Johnson, indicate that the people who lead military organzitions, and the systemic structures within these organizations typically have a very questionable (if any) sense of morality.
Could you give a few examples where our military leadership took an action that backs up your claim of exhibiting a strong sense of morality?