• ceenote
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    16 hours ago

    Showing us that attempting to bomb a civilian population into submission doesn’t work. The only people who think it will work this time do it on the premise that “those people” are fundamentally weaker. You know - racists.

    • starlinguk
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      5 hours ago

      When the Allieds flattened numerous cities in Germany they already knew this. They just did it because they were pissed off.

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      5 hours ago

      Are you calling the English and Americans racists now because they did this tactic on a much larger scale during this war? People are still dying from American warheads in Germany.

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      14 hours ago

      That’s part of it, but it’s also just a fundamental misconception it seems everyone shares, that making life horrible will force surrender.

      And in fairness, there is a level of destruction that will do that - ask Japan about that.