[gregebowman]

Not only did the Allies do that to Dresden, America was doing that on almost a daily basis in the Last stages of WWII on Japan. ONly when they figured that it would cost over a million Allied lives for an invasion did they decide to drop the bomb. Twice! Even though the thought of atomic war still frightens me (and anyone who has lived through the Cold War), I think it was the right decision. It got the Japanese to stop thinking about their code of Bushido and the Divine Wind, and settle for a surrender.