Trump Thread

[Pannonian]

My remark is to show that in 1945 the Allies brushed aside bunker/human shield considerations about Berlin and Hiroshima. Was it correct? Has anything changed since then?

Brushed aside? This is Total War you're talking about. Considerations only generally came on a reciprocal basis, else the victims were lucky to get anything. Germany and Japan would happily have used nuclear weapons on the Allies. Missiles were raining on SE England on a daily basis with zero regard for targeting, except for where the biggest concentrations of people are. Japan were even more indiscriminate.

[Gilrandir]

Brushed aside? This is Total War you're talking about. Considerations only generally came on a reciprocal basis, else the victims were lucky to get anything.

So the consideration was reciprocity, not human shields. If it comes to North Korea bombing others, human shields will be forgotten. Hence there is no use of talking about human shields.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

So the consideration was reciprocity, not human shields. If it comes to North Korea bombing others, human shields will be forgotten. Hence there is no use of talking about human shields.

The logic of 'total war' does not admit of the existence of "human shields." There are only targets of varying strategic and tactical value.

[Greyblades]

The logic of 'total war' does not admit of the existence of "human shields."

You've obviously never used ashigaru correctly.

Get gud scrub

[Seamus Fermanagh]

You've obviously never used ashigaru correctly.

Get gud scrub

Not human shields. Simply expendable tactical assets.

[Kralizec]

http://www.gocomics.com/nickanderson/2017/07/05

[Montmorency]

Donald Trump Jr. posts documents pertaining to interactions with Russian-government agents.



But really