cynicalint,
You miss my point. It is illegal, and also immoral, to deliberately TARGET civilians, under any circumstances.
This is unequivocal in so many differing arenas.
Under these CURRENT circumstances, the Bomber Command offensive would have been deemed an illegal act.
Of course there were numerous other activities during WW2 that would also be deemed illegal using current legislation.
Whilst being extremely uncomfortable with the morals that lay behind the strategic bomber offensive of WW2, in no way would I label ANY of the participants, from ground crew armourer right up to Harris, CAS, VCAS and Director of Bomber policy, as war criminals.
BTW,
I do significantly better in my defence cases than I did in my long abandoned prosecution career!
Last edited by pr00ne; 4th Jul 2012 at 23:36.