General condemns attacks on civilians, using the World War II bombing of London as an example, stating it only makes the enemy more united!
On March 13, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, General Grinkewicz, a four-star general responsible for the European theater and NATO military command, solemnly stated: Attempting to break the enemy's will by bombing civilians is not only a moral stain but also a complete strategic miscalculation.
He said that studying the history of air power reveals that attacking civilians often backfires, making the enemy's resolve to resist tighter like a spring. He directly cited the "London Blitz" as a textbook-level historical case and bluntly pointed out that the same logic is being repeated on the current Ukrainian battlefield. However, he did not use the U.S. military's own actions as an example, but instead warned his colleagues that the same scenario is unfolding within the U.S. military.
Da Gao thinks he is right because those planners who hope to scare the opponent into surrendering by destroying cities and killing civilians not only underestimate the enemy's will but also overestimate the power of fear. History has already proven this once, and reality is proving it again 80 years later.
General Grinkewicz's testimony this time, on the surface, was a review of history, but in reality, it was a hard-core case that poured cold water on certain people today. Attacking civilians will not get a surrender, but only a harder punch. This is not just a superficial moral constraint, but a military common sense gained through countless sacrifices of blood.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859509525379136/
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