| Submit your comments on this article |
| Britain |
| Anger At Government Grows In Bombings' Wake |
| 2005-07-14 |
| Rand Simberg hits a home run with this one. A few excerpts (emphasis added): September 8, 1940 LONDON (Routers) The new government of Winston Churchill, in office for a few scant months, came under fire today, after the seemingly senseless destruction of property and lives in the city by German bombers yesterday. Many are blaming the new Prime Minister for the bombings, which they view as a result of his stubborn support of an illegal war against Vichy France, and inappropriately aggressive policies against the misunderstood Germans. "Under Chamberlain," said one Labour backbencher, "we had peace for our time." [Must have been named Galloway.] "Now," he went on, "under this new brutal and dictatorial Tory rule, Churchill, along with his poodle Franklin "Delanodamngood" Roosevelt, has brought this wretched war home to Whitehall itself, and ordinary Londoners." ................................... Some scholars of Northern European studies think that in fact, ultimately, these acts of violence have a deeper cause--the years of poverty brought on by imperialistic policies against Germany. The tragic Treaty of Versailles after the Great War kept Germany on its economic back for years, and the resulting deprivation has fueled the anger of young bomber crews brought up in the depths of the long depression. Under these circumstances, most think it little wonder that the Germans have been driven to such desperate measures as bombing innocents, in the wake of such unremitting animosity and economic scarcity. It no doubt adds to their fury that many of their bombers were shot down in the raid by British anti-aircraft fire and RAF aircraft (weapons that many think should be outlawed, or at least renounced, in the interest of international stability), at the cost of probably hundreds, perhaps thousands, of brave German lives. More shockingly, many even believe, with some justification, that the German bombers were deliberately targeted, while the gunners attempted to miss British aircraft, a government policy that some properly view as a particularly cruel form of ethnic profiling. Given such policies, they say, Britain should prepare for more such attacks in the future, until the government can understand why the Germans hate us, and act on that understanding with more rational and humane policies. ................... Read the whole thing. It's painfully true. |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #4 The aggressive actions of the US warship "Greer" only three days ago, in which its sailors lobbed depth charges at a German submarine (though fortunately with no casualties), has only fed such concerns. Oh, this is TOO cool! Greer. Like Admiral Greer, from "Hunt for Red October"? Just a coincidence, you say? Maybe. Greer was the first US ship to fire on a suspected German submarine, in 1940. It was escorting a British convoy near Iceland. That's bit past the 12-mile limit, folks! What was the name of the ship prominent in Clancy's novel, "Hunt for Red October"? (And also in "Red Storm Rising")? Oh, yeah. The "Rueben James". What was the first US Navy shipsunk in WW II? Well, you know! And when? Three or four months before Pearl Harbor. Clancy knew his history! Can you imagine Dan Rather finding out about that? FDR could've been impeached. How quickly we forget. Should he have been? No, he was leading the US in the correct direction, but history would not recognize that fact for quite a while. Those who can not remember the past a condemned to ....ummm... I forget. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-14 21:39 |
| #3 bigjim-ky is right. But the lesson not learned is that leftists will use the same tired strategy of blaming the good guys first while protecting the scum of the earth, pre-emptively turning the conversation toward THEIR contextual ideals. They did it then, they do it now, they'll continue doing it until they get tired of merciless ridicule and mockery. Take back the conversation and have a few yucks at their expense (Living in Boulder, I get plenty of practice)! When some idiot starts in with their screed, LAUGH AT THEM. For instance, a fun response to oh-so-many lefty topics is, "Since you obviously have no interest in self preservation and can't be taken seriously, I'll just stand here and laugh at your spittle-spewing pie-hole for a minute or two. Hey, wait, don't leave...yet". |
| Posted by: Hyper 2005-07-14 18:42 |
| #2 We never do. Maybe because the schools don't teach it. It wouldn't be the multicultural thing to do. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-14 18:27 |
| #1 We've learned absolutely nothing from history, have we? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-14 18:24 |