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re: You're right. (Is school out already?)
gbaikie — (archived)

"The Japanese and Germans did carry the war to civilians, as have people from time immemorial. See the Romans mentioned above.

And I shouldn't have said the US changed the rules. What it did do was put it's stamp of approval on the practice, and made it an integral part of the way it conducts itself. The US does not have the "high road" or moral superiority when it comes to terrorism."

One thing which should be noted, the Germans had the capability of using chemical weapons. But probably because of international rules, they decided not to use them. In a war, both sides are responsible for not driving it over the abyss. This has always been the case. It is particularly important in a technological age where there is the capablity of making the entire planet a wasteland from nuclear weapons. And merely getting rid of these weapons doesn't solve this problem- the cat is out of the bag.

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