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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Did the Japanese and German citizens that we blasted and burned to death deserve to die because of the actions of their leaders?
Was the decision to nuke the largely civilian target cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified, in the context of the time and not knowing if it would force the Japanese government to surrender or not?
If it would drive them to peace with the rest of the world, how many Muslim deaths would be acceptable? How many American deaths would it take for you to believe that those harsh measures might need to be taken?
I would also say that serving in theater and losing friends there might change your perspectives.
On another note, please keep your replies here civil, you are a guest in our house.
TR
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First, who are the leaders of Islam who are to make this grand surrender? Is there a Caliphate I don't know about that will abdicate surrender? I don't think there is going to be any signing of terms on a Carrier like in WWII.
Secondly, the tactics we employed in WWII were due to the limited technology of the time. As someone who hasn't been in the military, but who has studied both International Law, the Laws of Armed Warfare, and the concept of Just War Theory, what you are arguing for is immoral and untenable in modern warfare.
To ask servicemen to kill indiscriminately, until some ultimate Islamic authority emerges from the shadows to give some symbolic gesture of surrender, is ridiculous.
It is even more ridiculous to ask how many dead I would accept before adopting such tactics. You're asking me what it would take for me to become a killer of innocent men, women and children.
As for the civil discussion... understood. I will keep my comments within bounds. I would hope you could understand though, that when someone questions both your loyalty, your word, and your love of country, they are being insulting as well.