“I notice unanimity among “conservatives” that dropping the bombs was moral.”
Didn’t both Eisenhower and MacArthur criticize the A-bomb drop in their memoirs?
Yes. And American generals became almost violent in their opposition to the British bombing of civilians in Europe.
The notion that “conservatism” demands mass murder, as long as it’s for ‘Murica, is obscene. It’s why “conservatism” has collapsed.
What I mean is: Being a “conservative” in the sense of having something tangentially to do with Reagan or Buckley on one’s resume is dead.