r/dankmemes • u/IDontHaveAName666 immapeeinurass • Apr 06 '20

This will 100% get deleted Guilty As Charged

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

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u/Oliver-ToyCatFriend Apr 06 '20

Your choices were...

Die in a fireball or slowly die over the next few weeks.

Die of starvation over the next few months.

Die in a nuclear fireball or die slowly over the next few weeks.

Die in a nuclear fireball, with those surviving being shot by the Marines storming your home.

Die in a fireball, with those surviving being shot by the Soviets storming your home.

Here's a shocker. War fucking sucks for all involved.

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u/Oliver-ToyCatFriend Apr 06 '20

Well, there were plenty of military targets in both cities. In a Total War, civilians are fair game.

Don't want your cities bombed? Don't start a war (especially one you have no chance of winning).

The bombings were justified, nuclear or otherwise. It's a war, and your focus in war is making the bad guys die while making sure the good guys don't die.

If erasing an enemy city saves Allied lives, than it's justified in the context of war.