What is worse? Dropping one bomb that kills 70,000 people or one thousand bombs that kill 70,000 people? The answer is that they are both horrifically wrong.
As we reach the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, we will get the usual takes of people saying it was “right” to use atomic weapons and those who say it was “wrong” and therefore constitutes a war crime by U.S. forces. Some people will say the bombing of Hiroshima was a necessary evil, but I think they tend to focus on the word "necessary" and not the word "evil."
As a Marine veteran, my view is that bombing people is always wrong, but that wars do happen and you always have to pursue the least-worst option when it comes to civilians. This is a lesson the U.S. has ignored throughout the years and Israel is currently igno