I think. Or I should say I know alot of WWII vets that would dissagree with you.
This is another classic example of trying to apply todays standards to past historical events.
and your opposing opinion is a classic example of excusing what one nation considers fair play today and in that past with what another might think. just because 'we dont think' nukes are good thing in this day and age, someone who got nuked a while back might not agree
At the time We were at war with the Axis. Not just their soldiers but the countries as a whole. We practiced what is known as total war. Where you are at war with a country in its entirety. To break the will of its people to fight.
a very true point and not one i am about to argue about in any way.
Sherman practiced the same tactics in the now famous "March to the sea"
Was he also a War criminal?
is human vs human war on its own a crime by all together? to be a war criminal, you must do more than your duty in hurting your enemies. related to the nuke drops, the pilots are not the criminals, the people who decided to use it are, only in my opinion. killing militants is what war is about, killing civilians happens in war and is to be expected, evapotating a city is going too far.
The Japaneese werent exactly know for being kind to the populaces of the territories they captured either. Neither were the Germans.
Both took the gloves off and practiced total war
As the saying goes. "What goes around, comes around"
no, and they got what they knew was coming if they carried on fighting. should the allies have acted differently? probably not, but that doesnt make it any less of a crime to humanity.
Tis a pity we are now afraid to take the gloves off anymore.
If we did, our current problems would be over very quickly.
We've gotten too soft.
A weakness I fear will be our downfall
soft? we've gone hyper agresive, controlling anyone and anything that isnt a military match for us and doesnt please us.
i still see films of soldiers in warzones shouting warcries as they get another insurgent headshot on camera, we arnt soft its just the non combatants that have life so damn easy that think its all going gooey.
i dont doubt that your post has 100% validity in the minds of many, just throwing some opposing ideas, and a not targeting you at all by cutting up your statements.
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