Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism

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Beginning in March of 1945 General Curtis LeMay began using low-level firebombing raids on Japanese cities.

Fr. Wiki.

Precise figures are not available, but the firebombing campaign against Japan, directed by LeMay between March 1945 and the Japanese surrender in August 1945, may have killed more than 500,000 Japanese civilians and left five million homeless.[12] Official estimates from the United States Strategic Bombing Survey put the figures at 220,000 people killed.[10] Some 40% of the built-up areas of 66 cities were destroyed, including much of Japan's war industry.[10]

The remaining Allied prisoners of war in Japan who had survived imprisonment to that time were frequently subjected to additional reprisals and torture after an air raid. The massive bombing also hit a number of prisons and directly killed a number of Allied war prisoners.

LeMay was aware of the implication of his orders. The New York Times reported at the time, "Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, commander of the B-29s of the entire Marianas area, declared that if the war is shortened by a single day, the attack will have served its purpose."[6][7] The argument was that it was his duty to carry out the attacks in order to end the war as quickly as possible, sparing further loss of life. He also remarked that had the U.S. lost the war, he fully expected to be tried for war crimes.

Apparently, fucking "god" didn't care about those xtians. Even more interesting is LeMay's apparent belief that only the loser can commit "war crimes." Guess now we know where Bush got his ideas from.