Was it criminal to bomb Dresden? Yes but...

Two wrongs make it right. Right.

So, by that logic, if your father kills mine, I can rape and kill your mother and sister? And I guess you agree that 9/11 and many terrorist acts were worthwhile and justified acts of aggression in response to the US government's own actions and the perpetuation of violence in those countries? Nagasaki and Hiroshima weren't overkill and the brutal destruction of Constantinople was justified, as was Ghangis Khan's sadistic murder of over 4 million? Should the third world, suffering due to first world needs and policies, aim for a role reversal so in the future they can hope to crap on us first worlders? Need more examples? I'm certain your logic would seem foolish if applied to many historical examples.
When is revenge killing and "lowering oneself" right and who determines the circumstances and sets the bar for its appropriateness? Who has the right to be judge and jury and when is a criminal action no longer criminal, but fair?
Understanding the reasons for vile actions does not excuse them. Case in point: we understand why most pedophiles are the way they are--their behaviour is usually rooted in childhood abuse--but there's no reason why we should "stop crying over the destruction" of an innocent victim and be content with blaming the abusive father, and let's forget about all that, raping that child was justified... not if we hope to learn, heal, and progress away from such behaviour.
An unquestioned, vindicated application of "an eye for an eye" (which is a Rabbinic concept, by the way) tends to be supported by the weak-minded; usually by individuals who don't like to delve into the deeper questions of moral and ethics and have absolutely no real clue what these terms really imply other than at a superficial level, which is why they're content with such vapid reasoning as what you put forth, jsrrtzjr.
It's clear that you're not too keen on thinking and examining such topics adequately, since, as you've clearly stated on another one of your posts, you find modern philosophy and literature to be utterly useless. Too bad, though you shouldn't be proud of such dim-witted reasoning.
The topic of "retribution" is an interesting one that has been examined in depth by intellectuals and it's not a black-or-white issue akin to your simplistic take. Simone de Beauvoir, Thomas Hobbes, Sartre, Murray Rothbard, Walter Block and many others--some having an immediate life experience, i.e. were in Europe during WWII--have examined the question in its full scope. You need to expand your mind before you post such a trite judgement and pretend to understand what you're talking about.

Further, given your racist comment regarding Jews and there being some good Jews though not many, how far would you have needed to be pushed to join the Nazis had you found yourself in that period under the same circumstances? Probably not far at all, it seems.

People NEED to continue questioning the ethics of Dresden and similar events and no one should pay any attention to your simple-mindedness.

It was as criminal as any warlike act. Was it more criminal than some? Perhaps, but the choice at the time was inaccurate bombing or no bombing. Inaccurate bombing got more accurate during the war, did a lot to constrain the German war economy and finished the killing sooner than putting the resources into artillery or machine-guns. Dresden was a relatively accurate bomb attack, which did a lot of damage to industries important to the German war effort, as well as butchering a lot of people. You couldn't have one without the other.

Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.

What was the PURPOSE of bombing Dresden? It was revenge, plain and simple.

The Holocaust where millions of Jews were put into forced labour camps and systematically murdered is not relevant to the Dresden bombings. People in Britain did not know that was happening.

And let's not forget that the Jews being murdered were German! It would hardly make sense to argue that, because Hitler is murdering German civilians we are justified in murdering German civilians too, would it?

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there is no "but". Very cowardice act that made the "allied troops" look no better than Nazis! A major war crime.

Yes Hitler and his regime were evil. What did bombing Dresden do to stop them?

KV was just being a strident liberal on his moping about that bombing.

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