YOU ARE WRONG. The USA nuked two jap cities and killed several hundreds of thousands of civilians and saved hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of other people both US citizens {the good guys} and japs, the assholes that started the war with the USA, with a sneak attack on civilians.
Awful, hell no, it was merciful you bleeding heart sissy.
War is awful, but once started, you cannot cede a single tactic or give up any advantage to the enemy.
I include torture and do not give a fat rat's ass about the Geneva Convention, which means we play by rules, and the enemy laughs as they cut the balls {or nipples} off of any American they capture.
Waterboarding is not even child's play when it comes to what our enemies do, and we wail and cry about our folks dripping a little water on someone's face. Bullshit.
Nuke all enemies, government civilian centers first.
I’m willing to do whatever is necessary to win a war of national survival. That doesn’t mean I have to think killing civilians is anything other than awful. Get a grip.
I’m with you. As a Christian I use to adhere to Just War theory, but I now categorically reject it for Total War. Interesting I think Total War was a concept introduced by President Grant in dealing with the Lakota, and they were less deserving of it than most. But yes, we owe nothing less to our own troops than Total War. South African mercenaries that have been used know this and utilize these tactics. I wish I remember what African country it was, but what the UN could not do with 10,000 soldiers mercs did with a few hundred, by poisoning water supplies, ect.