▲ | saagarjha 13 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> This was considered acceptable to win the war. Should we now hold other countries to a different standard? Yes, we saw what happened and labeled them as war crimes. We don’t consider them to be acceptable anymore. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | nradov 13 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
No, we didn't label them as war crimes. None of the WWII Allied military commanders or political leaders were charged with war crimes. They are still revered as heroes today. And if we faced an existential threat we would do the same to enemy civilians again, or even more. "Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell." -Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr. 1941 I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment, but his was quite a popular opinion at the time. | |||||||||||||||||
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