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Originally Posted by Livia
Like British people bombed by the Germans. Like German people bombed by the Brits. Japan chose to go to war and they celebrated their own brutality. The H bombs ended the war, hundreds of thousands of lives were saved as a consequence.
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I also wouldn't say that it's any worse than the non-nuclear bombing raids in Europe on cities, morally speaking, but there's a reason we don't deliberately target civilians any more, and it would be considered a war crime. It fit the historical context of how WW2 was fought, yes, but that has no bearing on the morals of it... German bombing raids on British cities and vice versa were also immoral, which is why it's now not a part of expected military conduct. If British troops went into one of the various Middle Eastern warzones in the last 30 years and just started lobbing explosives into civilian houses, there would be international outrage, and rightly so. Collateral damage unfortunately still happens, but it's in areas surrounding verified tactical targets, factories, etc.
Modern militaries haven't DELIBERATELY targetted civilian populations since WW2 and that's for good reason.