re: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Animated

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An Lemay says “hold my beer”.

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Lemay and the Bomber Mafia were the kings of "war crimes" in the Pacific Theater. There are war crimes and then there are war crimes. Existential threats generally change the meaning of many of them in most people's minds. If you commit them just make sure you win.

There are a lot of people arguing now that cluster munitions are a war crime mainly because it is politically expedient. Definitions are bent and broken depending on the way the wind is blowing.

I hate we (humans) ever discovered the ability to build nuclear weapons but dropping them almost certainly saved lives and it also demonstrated to everyone they work and are devastating which probably enhances the ability for MAD to work. Sometimes you actually have to see something to believe it.