[BikerNYC]

You may be right that some people feel that way but no one I know does and no president has. Otherwise why did Truman not use the bomb in Korea? Why have we not used it in the half dozen or so military conflicts since WWII?

I was referring to targeting civilians as legitmate targets during an armed conflict, not using the Bomb. But, I think that the same applies to the Bomb. We will intentionally target civilians if it in our best interests to do so. We will use the Bomb against civilians if it is in our best interests to do so. Our best interests include the likelihood that our enemies will retaliate in kind. In war, the ends really do justify the means.

[Dan Evans]

We will intentionally target civilians if it in our best interests to do so.

But when have we ever done that since WWII? The only examples that I can think of that might fall into that category would be when we have targeted the Hussein family or when we've killed terrorists. Do you consider them civilians?

During the Vietnam war, Hanoi was off-limits to bombing (until Nixon). The Vietnamese knew that and they took advantage of it by stockpiling munitions within the city.