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Show Brutal and Stupid The brutality of the aerial murder mur-der cf defenseless men, women and children in, Spain and China is, in the opinion of military observers, equalled by the stupidity of such tactics. Undoubtedly designed to break down the morale of the opposing armies, the aerial slaughter of thousands of non-combatants in China and Spain has produced no appreciable weakening in the resistance re-sistance of military units. Most military exper.'s believe exactly the contrary, that such barbarism produces pro-duces intense emotions whioh tend to stiffen resistance. A soldier, fighting in a front line, and knewing that the enemy may be dropping bombs on his family in som; peaceful village, is apt to fight the foe with hatred and enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. In fact, the knowledge of what is going on behind the lines, in most cases, will lead an individual individ-ual fighter to take additional chances in order to kill more of the en&ry in front of him. |