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From the March 2006 issue
Moral bombing?
Area bombing of German cities in the second world war was unnecessary, but was not a crime. Sometimes ends can justify means
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Michael Axworthy
March 22, 2006
Michael Axworthy is the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind (Penguin)
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