You made the remark that in Dresden our bombing killed thousands of “innocent” German citizens. Since when in total war were Germans innocent? It was Germany and their overwhelming support for Adolph Hitler and his Nazi brigands from 1933 onward that initiated the war, supported a campaign of race hatred and genocide and started the civilian slaughter with the terror bombing of Warsaw, Rotterdam and Coventry. How soon we all forget. When one sees the films of the feverish millions who worshiped Der Fuhrer it is no wonder the Allies had to retaliate with such draconian methods. As to the Japanese, their Rape of Nanjing was so horrendous that even the Nazis blanched. Their war crimes against the Chinese, (millions killed), the Koreans and the Filipinos have been conveniently erased from the public memory. All the history of that era reports that even after the 2nd A-Bomb hit Nagasaki, the generals and the warlords were willing to fight to the last drop of their own blood, and ours. Only the Emperor, fearing the end of his country, sought peace by accepting the Potsdam Declaration.

I have no sympathy in the least