Not the point I was making but lets pretend it was: the peasants who got nuked didn’t invade anyone. You’re doing the same thing Israel does with Palestinian civilians.
Revolutionary France invented the levee en mass. However the concept of Total War is much much broader than that. I could accept an argument that the levee en mass was a step on the road toward total warfare, but it’s just silly to think it’s the same thing.
Yes as was invading China and the South Pacific and then launching a surprise attack on another country.
You’re right though, because a shameful thing happened in the past we ought to ignore the shame happening now.
Good point.
Not the point I was making but lets pretend it was: the peasants who got nuked didn’t invade anyone. You’re doing the same thing Israel does with Palestinian civilians.
Good point.
The fascists invented the concept of total war and then cried about it being applied to them in turn, as they always do.
A) Revolutionary France invented total war.
B) Pretty sure there wasn’t a committee keeting involving every man woman and child in Japan to decide how they were going to run the country.
Revolutionary France invented the levee en mass. However the concept of Total War is much much broader than that. I could accept an argument that the levee en mass was a step on the road toward total warfare, but it’s just silly to think it’s the same thing.