Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bombing During Wartime

Do you think bombing cities/civilians during wartime is a fair/justifiable act? Why or why not?

I believe that bombing during wartime is an unjustifiable act. Although it may seem like a good strategy because it is detrimental to the enemy, it is merely a way to take hundreds, thousands, or even millions of innocent lives. It causes lots of damage to entire cities and thousands of people's homes are destroyed. If one country is fighting with another, it isn't fair for the innocent people living in that country to be injured and killed unnecessarily when there are thousands of soldiers directly involved in the war who are willing to give their lives for their country. Some bombs are radioactive and can have effects on people living in the area that was bombed even years after the bomb has been dropped. That is extremely unfair to people who may not even have been alive during the time of war who are still affected negatively by the bomb. Bombing during war time is not a justifiable act in my eyes and it does not benefit anyone involved.