And he lived to a ripe old age...

[jhetley]

The pilot of the Enola Gay is dead, another WWII vet of the dwindling ranks.  Few had the fame or notoriety.  Just for the record, I don't see any moral difference between the Hiroshima bomb and the firebomb raids on Tokyo.  Or Dresden, or any of the other massive raids on civilian targets.

"As ye sow, so also shall ye reap."

Paul Tibbets dies at 92.

(Via james_nicoll)

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Just for the record, I don't see any moral difference between the Hiroshima bomb and the firebomb raids on Tokyo. Or Dresden, or any of the other massive raids on civilian targets.

Which, let us not forget, began with Hitler's order to the Luftwaffe to level Coventry.


"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." — General William Tecumseh Sherman, addressing the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy, June 19, 1879

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Exactly so.