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Ah yes, famous genocidal maniac, Bomber Harris.
Killing even more famous genocidal maniacs. Sometimes you Fight fire with fire.
Ah yes, those damned civilians were just asking for it.
I mean, kinda, yeah.
I was referring to Nazis. Don't play stupid.
He didn't make any distinction. He didn't care.
Neither did his enemies.
Is bombing civilians a war crime?
Targeting civilians is a war crime, but targeting infrastructure and killing civilians in the process is not.
The Allies went for the "Shock and Awe" bombings. Harris was most definitely guilty of war crimes.
War crimes don't count if you win though.
I think the strategy was actually called "No, you!"
Which crimes are those?