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Old 11th December 2012, 04:23 PM   #128
Giz
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Originally Posted by Corsair 115 View Post
The point is that the targets selected—for either the direct or indirect approach—are civilian operated and/or occupied. The only way civilians could not have been affected by strategic bombing would have been to not do any at all. Which would have limited the air forces to tactical roles only—and the enemy's production would have continued on unhindered. An industrialized nation-state has a prodigious production capacity if left unchecked...
But couldn't we have just sent the Police to arrest Hitler? Why did all the other people have to die? It just makes the US and UK look so bloodthirsty. Why don't soldiers understand that the most important high ground is the moral high ground?
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