Originally Posted by Bulgaroctonus

I know that using nuclear weapons is not 'nice.' I am also aware that battle is gory and physically disgusting.

However, I do not confuse my humanitarian or emotional responses with military concerns. The business of war is to defeat the enemy in such a way that is in accordance with one's interests. This may include the large-scale slaughter of innocent people. So be it.

Emotional sensations of guilt are valuable in a philosophical sense or perhaps as the content of a memoir afterwards, but not when the war is actually taking place.

The military fact remains that nuclear weapons are a powerful way of achieving ends.