Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
The RAF studied the effects of bombing in England, France and Germany and extrapolated the results to show that the psychological effect of bombing multiplied the destructive effect tenfold. The trouble was, that they relied on anecdotal evidence and overdid the extrapolations from a narrow base of information. The Raffs role in colonial repression between the wars was used to emphasise the cheapness in (British) lives of mass killing from a distance against people who had no means of retaliation.
Using Dresden as a pretext for the extermination of Palestinians is a tu quoque argument which is an excuse, not a reason. See
The Rise of the Bomber: RAF-Army Planning 1919 to Munich 1938 by Greg Baughen (2015) Fonthill Media 978-1781554937
The RAF and Tribal Control: Airpower and Irregular Warfare between the World Wars by Richard D. Newton (2019) University Press of Kansas 978-0700628711
and
Air Power and Colonial Control (Studies in Imperialism) by David Omissi (1990) Manchester University Press 978-0719029608
for the gory details.
The last working-class hero in England.
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
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