Quote by Robert McNamara
We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, wome

We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo – men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win? – Robert McNamara

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