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: Exactly so. And Dresden was not a military
: target. There were no weapon industries
: there. But it was one of the most beautful
: cities in the world. It was German culture,
: and therefore the British and the Americans
: felt a need to destroy it. It might have
: been as many as 253 000 people who got
: killed during this terror attack against
: this city. I have no problems with the
: bombings of Berlin, but Dresden was
: different.
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: How evil the British and the Americans were!
: The Germans would never have dreamed of
: destroying a city just for the sake of it,
: would they?
I bet the Nazis would have done that. But one could have expected the British and the Americans to be better.
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: War brings out the worst in people. As the
: American civil war general, Sherman once
: said: "War is hell!"
:
: Best not to start them in the first place,
: don't you think?
Great idea!
:
: Back on topic:
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: The destruction of the Summer Palace by the
: British AND French armies (funny how the
: French involvement seems to get overlooked
: here, isn't it?) was indeed a tragedy but,
: as Gary points out, the knowledge of this
: event seems to be lacking in ordinary
: Chinese people except when the Chinese
: government chooses to remind them and make a
: public issue out of it. So their reaction
: towards it is suggestive not just of
: outraged victimhood but of a cynical
: decision to employ it as a weapon of
: diplomacy whenever the mood seems ripe!
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