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Originally posted by kerry edwards
McNamara, in the Fog of War, admits that Allied fire bombing of Germany and Japan in WW II was terrorism ...
This is not to justify it.
Even though I think that there is 'history' in the OT, I wasn't suggesting we use it to settle current territorial disputes. Z was looking for a text which justified a single ethnic nation state. That's essentially what the OT does.
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Even the principals that created the WWII strategic bombing campaign said that terror was part of their plan. They justified it by saying the Nazi's did it first. That would have been the same argument had the Nazis used gas and it is arguably acceptible in "law". Especially if you win. Interestingly, the results of strategic bombing were analyzed by McClone and others post WWII and they found no appreciable impact on the German will from the bombing. It affected them just as it had the British--made them madder than hell an determined to make the allies pay in blood.
concerning OT, I re-read your posts and completely misunderstood your intent. Probably the first time, right?
Concerning the King David incedent (and there were others), the rules of war indicate that combatants should do everything possible to avoid unnecessary civilian casualties. Targeting a hotel known to be occupied by civilians is pretty bloody awful. Imagine what Al Jazeera or the peace-at-any-price people would say if we did that, even accidentally.
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