edit: at the same time, in the same conflict.
I remember reading a few years ago about a conflict in (I want to say) 1980’s Latin America where this occurred; however I can’t find anything about this with current online search tools. Did I hallucinate this or did this actually, and if so what groups?
They do care when the scientist is picking which one should survive based on the number of their legs, which is exactly what was happening in the Cold War.