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gunnut · 07-24-2007, 15:17 PM

Hey, I'm all for indiscriminate bombing of cities, like what we did during WW2.

However, there's a slight difference between that war and this war. In that war, we fought nation-states that had uniformed forces barring our entry into their homeland. We had it in this war, but is now in the later stages.

Did we bomb cities after our troops entered Germany and Japan? No. The resistance by a nation-state had ceased. There were insurgents back then as well. We dealt with them pretty much the same way we are doing now.

We are not at war with the Iraqi people. We removed the only form of government they know for the past 3+ decades so now we're trying to put one back.

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gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 9,869 Country:	Hey, I'm all for indiscriminate bombing of cities, like what we did during WW2. However, there's a slight difference between that war and this war. In that war, we fought nation-states that had uniformed forces barring our entry into their homeland. We had it in this war, but is now in the later stages. Did we bomb cities after our troops entered Germany and Japan? No. The resistance by a nation-state had ceased. There were insurgents back then as well. We dealt with them pretty much the same way we are doing now. We are not at war with the Iraqi people. We removed the only form of government they know for the past 3+ decades so now we're trying to put one back. __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.