(February 25, 2015 at 8:07 pm)Chuck Wrote: So the bombing of largely civilian targets in germany, Japan, and north Vietnam would make land of the free and the home of strangely fearful brave the most prolific practitioner of technological terrorism in history.
Bombing of industrial targets is sometimes part of war. Bombing civilian targets is what crosses the line. This is not to say that we and others on the side of the Allies didn't cross that line. The nuclear bombs did fit that definition, especially since the threat was "unconditionally surrender or we'll annihilate you like we did those cities." The firebombings of Dresden and Hamburg were also questionable. Let's just say I view the second world war as the nastiest conflict that I hope humanity ever sees.
I won't make light of our own history. I'm aware that there is one nation that has used all three kinds of WMD and on civilian targets. I hope Karma isn't a bitch.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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