Yes, of course violence--of the kind employed by states for the oppression and conquest of other populations--doesn't work always and forever. What I had in mind though, is the sort of standard liberal critique, which seems to hold that violence only fortifies the target population.
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Yes, I get you now. And I agree.
Shane Mage wrote:
Nonsense. The firestorm was invented, not by LeMay but by Hermann Göring in the incendiary bombing of London, the last raid of the blitz.
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Ha!
Thanks for the 'correction' chief but it was completely unnecessary. I didn't claim LeMay "invented" the firestorm; only that he deployed it against Japan.
Instead of shouting nonsense! at everyone like a grumpy high school teacher, I suggest you go to the nearest pub and enjoy a refreshing beverage.
.d.