“Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset.” IfsWarWould BeTodayLostSidesShooting Author:Curtis LeMay
“Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.” IfsHas BeensWarLostKillingCriminalsBother Author:Curtis LeMay
“I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.” IfsThinkingHas BeensWarLostMoralMilitaryAspectSoldierCriminalsBotherImmoralAir PowerGood Soldiers Author:Curtis LeMay
“If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.” IfsHas BeensWarLostCriminalsVietnam War Author:Curtis LeMay