Hiroshima and Nagasaki

With the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. DIRECTLY targeted civilians.  They also directly targeted civilians with the firebombing of Tokyo and Dresden.  The Japanese and German GOVERNMENTS committed many atrocities, but that in no way makes it moral or right for the U.S. to murder civilians in those countries.

You can make all the arguments you want about how murdering these civilians brought an early end to the war.  This does not change the fact that civilian men, women, and children were murdered.  When other people do this, we call them terrorists.  That label applies equally here.

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You are a pussy and a coward. Thank fuck our leaders during ww2 did not have your system of ethics.

1: Order the bombing of a city which is supporting a fascist war machine.
Pros - You will indirectly save 100000 lives.
Cons - You will kill 10000 people through collateral damage.

2: Do nothing.
Cons - Your decision indirectly prolongs the war leading to the needless waste of a further 100000 lives.
Pros - Because your decision is indirect you can claim you aren't responsible for anything. Logically though you are.