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Manga monkey said,
And specifically on the subject of the firebombings- yes, the people who carried those attacks as well as the firebombings of Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka are just as guilty as any Nazi who killed jews. Why? Because those acts were specifically carried out knowing they would kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civillians, and they were carried out for that purpose alone. The Americans by this point knew that they had knocked out most factories, shipyards, and important targets, so they would literally fly over cities and drop their payload at will- anything was an ample target in their eyes. And what makes this even worse is that bombing runs were specifically designated during times when the Allied forces knew that Japanese and German civillians would be out shopping, so they could inflict the worst casualties. And yet, this is almost never mentioned in American history.
First, don't call me narrow-minded and stupid. Second, Lets not bring Japan in this because if you remember, they attacked us without provocation. They also killed 10 MILLION Chinese people. They did not even call China by its name, they called it the Southern Resource Area. Check out a book called The Rape of Nanking to learn how the Japanese treated people. Third, bombing was not nearly as precise back then as it was now. It was almost impossible to hit targets at night, so of course we bombed during the day. But at least the Japanese are very good at apologizing for their actions. And finally, you say that the people who bombed the cities are just as guilty as Nazis attacking Jews. I fail to see how a bombing during a war is the same as systematically wiping out a race of people. Our bombing stopped when the war stopped. Germans killing Jews and Japanese killing Chinese would not have stopped until the Chinese and Jews were wiped out.
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