I disagree. It was using terror as a weapon to achieve political goals. Where people get lost today is when they know we bombed cililians but they do not understand much else about history. We were in a fight to save things like Democracy and Capitalism. One of every 10 civilians killed contributed to the war effort in some manner. This was about Denying Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan with the means to wage war. There is a huge difference between the touchy-feely, don't piss off the left wars we have waged recently and total war, which is what WW2 was.
I'm going to get tarred and feathered for saying it, but to me, the term "war crime" seems like a complete contradiction.
If you look at the history of warfare, it's long been a meaningless term. Now, in my opinion, it's just a hindrance that drags wars on continuously and is a tool used to turn a nation against its own troops.
that depends on the number of Attorneys per division.
"In war, you got to beat the enemy, otherwise, you'll lose."
Yup. Today our enemies (and many of them are American politicians) consider an American attack of military nature to be an atrocity, but a senseless, insane Muslim slaughter of innocent civilians isn't even on their radar.
Whata CONCEPT!Shelby Steele contends that we have forgotten how(or are too hamstrung with guilt)to bring the full force of our might needed to win a war in a decisive way!!I must say that I agree with him!!!
...I'll bet this is a lecture topic on many college campuses...
sad, huh?