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To: Ilaine who wrote (219453)	2/19/2007 8:41:20 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Yes, the author said that, from the German point of view, bombing London was inadvertent. He didn't say that the British knew that at the time. How could they? They couldn't translate encrypted German transmissions that early in the war. I'll agree with that. So then the Brits retaliate and bomb Berlin. From the German perspective that was a direct attack on a civilian population in response to an inadvertent bombing of London. They got that assessment right. It makes perfect sense then that Germany retaliate by bombing cities. Then that makes sense that everyone starts bombing every one else's city in retaliation for something that preceded it. All in all, WWII was a pretty reasonable war. We could apply that to the mid-east, where every one does something in retaliation for something that preceded it. In fact, that's what happens in the mid-east. They all have their own perspectives of what the other one did first. jttmab