Those here who might think the destruction of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki were justified have lost their moral compass. Murder of innocent civilians can never be justified, as Catholic Moral Theology 101 is that the end does not justify the means.
Innocent civilians you say, never be justified?
Is this intrinsically the case?
What about the commands given to the Israelites to destroy entire nations, including infants and young children?
Deuteronomy 20
16 But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:
17 But shalt kill them with the edge of the sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
18 Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God.
Joshua 10
40 So Josue conquered all the country of the hills and of the south and of the plain, and of Asedoth, with their kings: he left not any remains therein, but slew all that breathed, as the Lord the God of Israel had commanded him,
1 Samuel 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul: The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over his People Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord:
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: I how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.
3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki Were Shameful War Crimes (Read 5237 times)