Eternity RPC Board
11-26-2017, 06:35 PM
I'd like to note that the US operations in Vietnam came pretty close to what you described here as Strategic bombing, same goes for Putin's war on Chechnya in 1999 and the US bombardments of Belgrado in Serbia in the 1990's.
And in all cases, they also demonstrate what should in RP be taken into account as the inherent weakness of it: public opinion. Most Western countries nowadays try to refrain from such heavy-handed approaches, because we've all seen how the US lost the war in Vietnam at home, not in Vietnam. The public turned against its own government and mass demonstrations across the West were held against Johnson, calling him baby killer.
On top of that, its close to plain terror bombing, bombing of civilian targets - which makes it a war crime. So those that RP this kind of violence, in my view, should also swallow the political backlash that comes with such extreme acts of violence.
And in all cases, they also demonstrate what should in RP be taken into account as the inherent weakness of it: public opinion. Most Western countries nowadays try to refrain from such heavy-handed approaches, because we've all seen how the US lost the war in Vietnam at home, not in Vietnam. The public turned against its own government and mass demonstrations across the West were held against Johnson, calling him baby killer.
On top of that, its close to plain terror bombing, bombing of civilian targets - which makes it a war crime. So those that RP this kind of violence, in my view, should also swallow the political backlash that comes with such extreme acts of violence.