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Originally Posted by Russic
This is going to sound harsher than I intend it to, but I believe it's different to the tune of about 150,000 civilian deaths. I would imagine a firefight on a pacific island would be between soldiers. I'm not saying it was the right or wrong decision, but if Iraq detonated a bomb in new york and killed 150,000 civilian Americans I imagine people would describe it as an illegal act.
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I should have worded what I said differently.
Is a firefight that results in innocent civilians being killed any worse than dropping a nuclear bomb?
Millions of people died during WW2, and we're making an issue over 150,000? 150,000 that died to save maybe millions more?