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TreasonousBastard

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2. I always thought of it as a war crime, but we won the war, so...

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 11:39 AM

Mar 2022

we don't get hit with war crimes charges. With both Dresden and Japan, I can't help thinking we were so damned fed up with the war that we just went into "punish" mode.

A lot of WW2 participants remembered the "war to end all wars" just 20 years before.

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WW2, The Allied Bombing of Dresden, Germany, Feb. 13, 1945: Legitimate Target or War Crime? DW News [View all] appalachiablue Mar 2022 OP

War is Hell WA-03 Democrat Mar 2022 #1

That's my view more or less, well said. appalachiablue Mar 2022 #4

I always thought of it as a war crime, but we won the war, so... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #2

IV Geneva adnoid Mar 2022 #3

Punish mode for sure. The 'War to End All Wars,' not so, thanks appalachiablue Mar 2022 #5