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Originally Posted by Duruss
but blowing up Pointmans wife as a way to get back at the Russian state won't do a thing.
Cliff was hitting on it, an eye for an eye really won't help solve this.
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I hate that it even appears that I'm advocating for Russian civilian casualties but to say that they would not do a thing just seems too simple of an answer.
As indicated above the air raids were found to decrease morale in WW2. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were found to be justified by the vast vast majority of Americans directly after the bombing as a way to hasten the surrender. The percentage of Americans who believe it justified has decreased pretty much yearly, but it's still an academic question being discussed and the purple hearts produced in anticipation of a lengthy invasion of Japan are still being given out today because that invasion was avoided due to the bombings.
Even if you look at the nuclear bombings as a show of force and power, the question "Did allied air bombing hasten the end of the war?" is a subject still being debated today so I don't think you could say that civilian causalities in this war wouldn't have an effect.
You could take the opposite approach and bring up the Middle east and how civilian casualties there increased the fervour against the West and America, increasing tension and leading to more prolonged and generational conflict.
So I would say I think it's a reasonable position to believe Russian civilian casualties could hasten the end to the war or escalate the situation severely but don't think I can get on board with the position that it "won't do a thing".