Moreover, we were a part of Britain's bomber campaigns against Hamburg and Dresden that cost so much in civilian lives. Our daytime attacks may have been centered on railway stations or factories, but there was no way to limit the damage.
Wikipedia says:
USAAF leaders firmly held to the claim of "precision" bombing of military targets for much of the war, and energetically refuted claims that they were simply bombing cities. In reality, the day bombing was "precision bombing" only in the sense that most bombs fell somewhere near a specific designated target such as a railway yard, whereas the night bombing campaign targeted cities with area bombardment. Nevertheless, the sheer tonnage of explosive delivered by day and by night was eventually sufficient to cause widespread damage, and, more importantly from a military point of view, forced Germany to divert resources to counter it. This was to be the real significance of the Allied strategic bombing campaign resource allocation.
And no, Sherman most assuredly wasn't "randomly killing anyone that it was convenient to." If you're looking for a parallel it certainly wasn't Dresden or Hiroshima.
Hmm... what might have happened to make the Brits think that might be a good idea, eh? Or at least justified?