This is just an cynical excuse that the Kim Monarchist Dictatorship uses to maintain absolute power and control over the hermit kingdom.
You're listening to NPR.
This is just an cynical excuse that the Kim Monarchist Dictatorship uses to maintain absolute power and control over the hermit kingdom.
You're listening to NPR.
If the crew of the Enola Gay had refused to fly, another crew would have been sent. If they had crashed the Enola Gay into the ocean, there was another bomb almost ready and a bunch more on the way. I think the individual responsibility factor is no different from a regular bombing raid.
But we're talking about domestic populations justifying mass deaths of enemy civilians. I think very few groups could claim an immunity to that.