Unproportional Killing

The strategies of WWII were obviously not in proportion or morally correct. I guess I could understand if the U.S. Air Force was trying to get Japan to surrender. Sure, kill their civilians until they crack. Not exactly something I would agree with, but they obviously thought differently than I do. In my mind, firebombing is like torture. The civilians were unknowing of their deaths coming, and it’s not like they could have persuaded their government to surrender even if they did. After seeing the equivalents of the U.S. cities that would have been destroyed, my heart fell when I realized the damage. In my mind, I think the firebombings were too extensive, but I’m sure they felt differently back then. The nuclear weapons just went too far. After the damage they had already done, they had to go back and kill more people. Now, looking back, people wonder whether there was enough time in between the dropping of the nuclear arms. Before I decided on mechanical engineering, I had wanted to go into nuclear engineering. Although obviously not for the formation of nuclear arms, I thought that might end up being the only place I could find a job. I knew that I didn’t want to have any part in a nuclear war, and that is part of the reason that I changed my mind. So overall, I do not believe that the strategies were in proportion, and the ends did not justify the means.