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To: NorthMountain

Figures. I spent my military career training to hit my military opponents - only the enemy and the Air Force would plan to kill civilians.


33 posted on 05/01/2017 3:14:28 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail
I spent my military career training to hit my military opponents

That's good, but if you think a major war can be fought successfully without destroying the enemy's industry and civil infrastructure, think again. WWII is frequently held up on this forum as an example of fighting to WIN. The destruction of Germany's and Japan's industry, rail infrastructure, and Japan's overseas shipping was crucial to defeating those empires of evil. That said, I have no use for Arthur Harris' desire to kill Germans for the sake of killing Germans. It was a horrible waste of Britain's military resources which would more usefully have been directed against German industry.

35 posted on 05/01/2017 3:21:49 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Chainmail

In defense of the Air Force, I add that they have spent the last half century or more improving the precision of their weapons (including the nuclear variety) to make them useful for destroying specific industrial or military targets, rather than population centers.


36 posted on 05/01/2017 3:24:44 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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