Yes, I get upset at the destruction of Dresden, the Blitz, Berlin, et al. Hiroshima and Nagasaki do stand out (alongside Dresden) as particularly vengeful attacks to punish civilian populations. I don't want to make this a who suffered more than others test. Most nations involved with the war, with the notable…

So the solution to war crimes is to commit an equally disturbing war crime? The Rape of Nanjing is up there on the list of the horrors of war but to say that somehow justifies the incineration of two cities (after firebombing many other cities) and killing at least tens of thousands of civilians is a ghastly statement.