[MRM]

Perhaps, but neutral interpreters of the law of war have come to the same conclusion. It is a crime against humanity, recognized by all nations, to wage a war of aggression. Now what constitutes a war of aggression is sometimes open to debate, but WWII certainly was one. The rule of proportionality applies in responding to a war of aggression. And the entire US civilian economy was not devoted to the war effort as an arm of the government as was the Japanese economy. The least injurious way to defeat the Japanese war of aggression was through the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. Hence, such warfare was ipso facto proportionate. There was a substantive difference between the Axis' version of total war and the Allies'.