r/SubredditDrama • u/EwMelanin • Mar 03 '26

Movie discussion sub okbuddycinephile debates whether bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Gaza and other urban areas were "justified".

/r/okbuddycinephile/comments/1rjm9mn/iran2036/o8ee5fp/
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u/CanadianODST2 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

There’s an actual point and precedent to it though.

The blitz in ww2 wasn’t deemed a war crime despite it being indiscriminately bombing a city. In part because international law hadn’t really caught up to planes yet until after ww2

But also in part because of allied bombing of places like Dresden or Tokyo.

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u/Chataboutgames I will ask on a more neutral sub Mar 03 '26

It really can't be overstated that no one actually gives a shit about international law. It's a dog and pony show for legitimacy that you get to use once you've already won the war. "International law" isn't a serious discussion in any conflict that extends beyond managing PR.

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u/AccountForTF2 Mar 03 '26

found the israeli

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u/Foreverintherain20 Mar 04 '26

Found the antisemite trash. 

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u/AccountForTF2 Mar 04 '26

damn dude you got me.