+1 On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Medic wrote: > > Truth > Comfort > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:18 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> PBS did a special just on Dresden, I think it was part of the Ken >> Burns deal, but I could be mistaken. I think I posted something about >> it here when it was on. >> >> If that special was to be believed, the goal was terrorism, basically. >> >> We did what we swore we'd never do -- and arguably got into the war to >> prevent -- mass slaughter of innocent people. >> >> What do you guys think about dumbing down history for the young ones? >> Or dumbing down math for the young ones? >> >> Is it better to ease people in, or just let 'em know? >> >> Personally I roll with "let 'em know". >> >> :Den >> >> -- >> Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop. >> Ralph Novak >> >> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Medic wrote: >> > >> > Dresden was not necessary at all. And it needlessly destroyed a beautiful >> > city. Dresden had little to no effect on the war. The war was already as >> > good as over. The bombing of Dresden was to make the Germans pay. That's >> it. >> > It had a train yard, sure, but the rail infrastructure was already >> destroyed >> > so the train yard wasn't a target of any value. This was simply a bombing >> to >> > kill civilians and destroy the (arguably) most beautiful in Germany. >> >> > >
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