In all seriousness Obi, the only time when it is excusable to inflict civilian casualties is in self preservation or self defense. Both Germany and Japan intended to invade and destroy our country as soon as they were capable (Hitler viewed it as the inevitable great final clash of WWII). We had to prevail over these two countries if we were to survive, and that is what our killing of civilians was justified. When your very survival as a people is threatened by an aggressive country, you just can't afford to take chances, you must win even at the expense of millions of civilian deaths. That is why I get so upset when folks compare our actions in WWII to our present actions in the Middle East. There is a world of difference between killing civilians for your very survival, and killing civilians in order to "spread democracy".