Why the USA is a disgrace

[Jenny A]

The US airfleet was almost half the planes that participated in the mass carpet bombing of Dresden in Germany, which was clearly aimed at civilians.

I don't know as much about the Japanese war as I do about Europe. In Europe, the US airforce was less indiscriminate as the British. Harris' outspoken goal was to unleash terror on civilians. The American goal was precision bombing, whatever that meant with the equipment they had back then. Yes, the participated in the bombing of Dresden, but they weren't the ones working on the firestorm, which killed most of the civilians. That again was a british recipe.

I think the difference was in part racism. The Japanese weren't white. The Japanese were also racist. The Japanese rules of engagement were more brutal than those in Europe. It was a nastier war in the Pacific, on both sides.