“The railroad component of the argument, by itself, in my mind, would be sufficient to warrant the city’s destruction.”
The fact that there was one single living person in the city warrants its total destruction. The mere fact the city existed warranted its total destruction. It was war, not a civil matter but a military one. Kill everyone and destroy everything until the enemy ceases to exist or unconditionally surrenders; that is war.
” It was war, not a civil matter but a military one. Kill everyone and destroy everything until the enemy ceases to exist or unconditionally surrenders; that is war.”
But the first law the of the winner’s history does not allow this concept to be applied to William T. Sherman.
An argument from the pit of hell.
Congratulations ! You just justified the nuking of an American city.