[Tolsti]

The religious goofiness that you go by has no bearing on a logical argument. Don't try to backpedal now. You consider US approved tactics as war crimes, even if they were the only way to win the war.

Therefore, you'd obviously rather lose the war and not anger your diety (I assume) than to fight it and win. No thanks. You can go be a saint on whatever island you want, in the real world we actually have to win the wars.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I cited Truman's stated intention of annihilating military targets (though he may have been deluded about what the bomb would do) --- and you call it religious goofiness?

OK, fine, then. Your stated position does have this in common with that of the Muslim jihadis: no willingness to distinguish combatants from noncombatants, and an enormous appetite for indiscriminate carnage.

Same morals, same god?

I'll stick with the true God, thank you. (Lord have mercy.) I wouldn't want to burn here, and hereafter, too.