虽然成千上万在德累斯顿和德国其它城市被杀害的德国平民作为个体确是无辜的，但从道义上讲，毫无疑问德国应该作为一个民族被挫败。
Although it is true that thousands of the civilians killed in Dresden and other German cities were innocent at an individual level, there can be no doubt it was morally imperative that Germany be defeated collectively.