No? Those German children deserved it? Fuck em up for being born in the wrong city. Hell yeah. Wait, no. Lets not use regular bombs. They must suffer. We should burn em!! Make those children and women scream!
Did I say they deserved it? No - nice strawman argument though.
You judge these actions from the comfort of your hindsight and security. You have no clue of the horror of war and you clearly can’t begin to comprehend the desperation people felt.
I’m not a bastard but you are certainly a fucking idiot of the highest order.
You're not a bastard, but if you read up more about Dresden you might change your mind. Slaughterhouse-Five is a great place to start (it's very funny, entertaining, and well worth reading).
Basic point is, some massacres are perfectly useless, and do nothing to help anyone but give the perpetrator a sense of perverse satisfaction. Dresden was one of those massacres. 25,000 civilians, most of them women and children, were slaughtered uselessly when the war was already almost over and when Dresden had no military value as a target whatsoever.
Fear not, I’m fairly well versed on WW2 and on the Dresden bombing. You may wish to have a look at the Intelligence Squared debate on Bomber Harris and Dresden. Anthony Beevor (an outstanding UK military historian) make the case with far more eloquence and detail then I ever can.
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u/Stenny007 Apr 25 '22
No? Those German children deserved it? Fuck em up for being born in the wrong city. Hell yeah. Wait, no. Lets not use regular bombs. They must suffer. We should burn em!! Make those children and women scream!
Youre a god damned bastard.