Are Laws of War stupid?

**Colonel Frank Grimes** · 12-21-2021, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by Tomenable

That's actually a bad example because there was no any mass murder of Japanese and German civilians during WW2. These are revisionist claims not based on facts.

Even German author Rudiger Overmans has debunked it.

What do you call fire bombing Japanese cities and the destruction of Dresden? It's mass murder, dude. For fuck's sake, two atomic bombs were dropped on cities.

The above are facts.

**Peterski** · 12-21-2021, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Colonel Frank Grimes

What do you call fire bombing Japanese cities and the destruction of Dresden? It's mass murder, dude. For fuck's sake, two atomic bombs were dropped on cities.

The above are facts.

It's called collateral damage, AFAIK.

Tokyo fire bombing is even mentioned as an example of collateral damage in Wikipedia article about collateral damage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_damage

**catgeorge** · 12-21-2021, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Flub

I think they are.

If there are people at war, it is all out warfare. Nothing has to be held back. Do everything to get you to win that should be the only objective.

Soldiers do need a certain mindset in combat - usually a soldier wants to follow a general or captain that is of noble stock that makes constant correct decisions. Having a bad leader or wannabe leader is bad news.

Always depends on the circumstance but non combatants are a no go area.

This is why I loathe Islamists and their fake god.