Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people?

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117. Might want to deep digger into our actions prior to WWII

While FDR was morally right to support England prior to the United States entering the war, legally we were in the wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declaration_of_war_against_the_United_States_(1941)

For all intents and purposes the US Navy was already in a shooting war with Germany for at least 6 months prior to Germany declaring war on us.

Here are some instances of the U.S. violating the international laws of neutrality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_neutrality_(international_relations)#Rights_and_responsibilities_of_a_neutral_power
We were routinely repairing and refitting British warships here in the United States (search HMS Warspite and HMS Illustrious for 2 examples) when they should have be interned.
We supplied 50 surplus destroyers to England in exchange for some basing rights, supplying war materials is also a violation

None of this changes the fact that Hitler was a monster and Germany needed to be defeated, but it's also dishonest to think the U.S. obeyed international law in all respects prior to the official declaration of war.