The lesson we can learn from the poisoned battlefields of WWI can be applied as a counter-argument to anyone saying we should nuke something - consider not only the short term implications of the nuke, but the long term effect on local and global environments.

And on the flip side... they didn't have nukes, so they used all that artillery.

s/nukes/tanks

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but the tank was invented in WWI.

s/tanks/mines

But both issues relate to death or injury within a larger population. The chance of getting killed by most risks is very small, but the magnitude of the impact is obviously massive. The end result (death) is the same.

It is reasonable to feel aggrieved about risk you have not consented to simply because it is an injustice. Perhaps the injustice won't be visited upon me in particular but that is not the point.

The only difference is how easy it is to aim the blame. Thousands of people are dying either way.