GoldenTiger
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as a veteran myself i take some issues with you taking issue.
American's have killed civilians. plain and simple.
The bombing campaign in Europe at the end of the second world war killed more civilians than could ever be accounted for. Was it intentional? probably not but it was the only way to ensure victory for our country and our allies.
My Lai Massacre? wiki it (interesting fact on that is that a young Major that was charged with investigating that was a certain Joint Chief named Colin Powell )
I know from speaking to returning veterans of these wars that civilians are being killed by American servicemen. Do they feel good about it? absolutely not but the mission was the mission and that is just how it is in the military.
to take offense to something that is a cold hard fact is just silly. Don't wave your flag in the man's face and use your family's service ( not yours) as an excuse to deny the facts.
Lesser of two evils: Were I alive at the time of Hiroshima/etc., I would have thought the same I do now as someone looking back at history: it saved more lives and freedom for the world, than it destroyed.